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A compulsively listenable and electrifying debut about an ambitious young girl artist who inadvertently photographs a youngster dropping to his loss of life - a graphic which could jumpstart her career, but would also devastate her most romantic friendship. Lu Rile is a relentlessly centered young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs, responsible for her aging father, and stressing that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to designers, she is at a spot of desperation. One day, in the backdrop of a self-portrait, Lu inadvertently catches on film a youngster dropping past her home window to his loss of life. The photograph turns out to be startlingly beautiful, the best masterpiece of design she's available. It's a graphic which could change her life...if she lets it. But the decision showing the picture is challenging. The youngster is her neighbours' son, and the tragedy brings all the building's residents collectively. It especially unites Lu along with his beautiful grieving mother, Kate. As the two forge an extreme bond based on sympathy, loneliness, and budding appeal, Lu feels progressively unsettled and guilty, torn between evenly fierce wishes: to work with the picture to boost her career, and to protect a woman she's come to love. Set in early 90s Brooklyn on the brink of gentrification, Self-Portrait with Guy is a provocative commentary about the psychological dues that must definitely be paid on the path to success, a powerful exploration of the intricate terrain of girl friendship, and a brilliant debut from novelist Rachel Lyon.
