About the Book
Book: The Camera Never LiesAuthor: David Rawlings
Genre: General fiction/allegory/magical realism
Release Date: December 3, 2019
David Rawlings, author of The Baggage Handler, returns with another probing story: what would you do if your secrets were revealed to those around you?
Daniel Whiteley is a successful couples counselor who regularly puts families back together, helping them face up to the things in life they hide. But his own marriage is falling apart.
His wife, Kelly, knows Daniel is hiding something from her, but she doesn’t dare probe for fear her own secrets will be revealed.
When his grandfather dies, Daniel inherits an old SLR camera from a time when cameras pointed away from the person taking the photograph. On the camera is an inscription: “Use this camera wisely and remember, regardless of the picture you think you took, the camera never lies.”
When Daniel first uses his new camera he finds someone has already filled the roll of film. Annoyed, he processes the film and finds photos of a secret that he’s been hiding from his wife and daughter.
He has no idea who took them.
Now every time he uses the camera, the photographs reveal another secret about himself the he is desperate to keep-as well as those of his wife, which he is desperate to uncover.
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My Review
I
like it when a novel challenges me to live a better version of
myself. This novel did that in the realm of keeping secrets. Rawlings
portrays well the desire to keep secrets in order to maintain one's
reputation, status in society, income, etc. There is generally a high
cost in revealing secrets, however, and I was disappointed Rawlings
failed to ultimately portray that. I feel the struggle does not end when secrets are revealed but does include the task of picking up the shattered pieces of life. I was also disappointed there
was not a strong spiritual message about truth telling included in
the plot. The plot itself might be more suited to novella length as I
felt the action a bit repetitive.
Rawlings
has an entertaining writing style and is a good story teller. This
story is one that will make you think about the secrets you keep.
My
rating: 3/5 stars.
About the Author
David Rawlings is an Australian author, and a sports-mad father of three who loves humor and a clever turn of phrase. Over a 25-year career he has put words on the page to put food on the table, developing from sports journalism and copywriting to corporate communication. Now in fiction, he entices readers to look deeper into life with stories that combine the everyday with a sense of the speculative, addressing the fundamental questions we all face.
Read an Excerpt
Read an excerpt of The Camera Never Lies here.
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1 comment:
This book sounds really good and very intriguing.
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