Simply put, this book is a perfect gift for anyone whose friendship and love you might cherish. This is a marvelously engaging and unique piece of literature. It's also the perfect gift for a friend who has an appreciation for history and an aptitude for sharing thoughts and friendship with others. It's an equally beautiful experience to read this book in the privacy of your den or to follow its recipes in the kitchen.

This is more than a window into a less complicated past but a sense for what many of us have deprived ourselves from enjoying in decent conversation and quality entertainment. A good friend gave me Tea with Miss Rose as a gift and for that friendship I will forever be in his debt. I am ordering copies for those I regard as good friends as I know they'll appreciate this magnificent and charming reminder of a lovely life.

This very well written book gives an insight into a special way and lost way of American life, Boston around the turn of the last Century. In addition to its pictures and descriptions, we were able to savor the experience from its tea recipes. Highly recommended.

'The Lost Work' refers to Walker Evans's own private collection of his B/W images - 'the prints that he chose to keep in his own print boxes for posterity'. He was probably the greatest documentary artist America has ever known. It presents the faces and lives of Americans in the late 1930s and then to the mid 1970s.

From the introduction, we can see how a photographer had struggled for his lifetime for acquiring support, and eventually his works could 'enter' museum or collectors' hand during the end of his life. Behind the images, you may have a deeper insight of this photographer. From his life, it seems very contradictory between his character and his images.

The printing of this book is excellent.

Excellent biography by Belinda Rathbone of Walker Evans, one of the best photographers of his time. I read this in 1 week, could'nt put it down. He lived a fascinating life and the author provides a detailed account of his family background, childhood and school years thru his year abroad in Paris and then the start of his photography career in New York. His creative influences, career milestones, relationships and all other events of his life are chronicled in an interesting, easy to read style. I definately recommend it for anyone interested in wanting to learn and understand more about Walker Evans, or anyone with an interest in black & white photography.