After a childhood marked by pain, Rena Greenblatt has found the strength to build a successful career as a photographer. Like the ultra-sensitive infrared film she uses, Rena sees what others don’t see, and finds a form of love. Rena travels to Florence with her father and his second wife. As the trip progresses, in an internal dialogue with her mental double, Rena submits her past to exposure. Using dark room techniques she reevaluates her explosive sexual coming of age, her relationships with her father, her family and her various lovers. With exceptional flair and talent, Nancy Huston explores the links between family intimacies and our collective lives, between destruction and creation. In the spirit of her bestselling novel Fault Lines, Infrared is a story about how childhood, family, and our culture all have a direct impact on our lives.