MAN

The photos Judith Stanley takes are just for her a private passion to fill her suburban days But when she shares them with Paul Sorenson her new photography instructor she s unprepared to hear his astonished praise Stunning he calls her photos Extraordinary She has an uncanny eye he says and should consider publication He could help Except Judith has no interest in sharing her work in fact the mere idea of it frightens her Still emboldened by Paul s encouragement Judith ventures out beyond her quiet neighbourhood to the city in search of increasingly striking images When she starts to notice the dark shape of a man in the corner of her self portraits Judith is certain he s an attacker from her past She doesn t know why he has returned but she s sure of his presence the hoarse sound of his breathing his hard grip on her elbow Perhaps it would appease the man if she were to put her camera down and give up her private passion But she can t she refuses Until one night when the man finally emerges from the shadows and Judith s story suddenly and irrevocably becomes his own Chilling and heart poundingly propulsive The Man is a phenomenal and timely novel exploring the inescapable fear of living as a woman the tantalizing seductio