An orphan poses nervously for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena, and an artist's servant girl in seventeenth century Amsterdam snatches a moment away from her work to lose herself in tales of knights and battles. In a Victorian photography studio, a woman holds a book that she barely acknowledges while she waits for the exposure, and in a Shoreditch bar in 2008 a woman reading catches the eye of a young man who takes her picture.

Been reading this off and on for a while. It's an interesting collection of tales but I think my favourite was the first one where none of the characters are really what they seem.

Mailed to another bookcrosser.

What a lovely surprise. I had forgotten about this. Thanks for sending x