Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Story - Brossura

Kanter, Trudi

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ISBN 10: 1476700281 ISBN 13: 9781476700281

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2014

Riassunto

A rerelease of the true story of a Jewish Austrian woman who rescued herself and the man she loved during the 1938 Nazi invasion documents the author's daily life as a hat designer in Vienna who after falling in love with businessman Walter Ehrlich sought safety amid the horrors of World War II Europe. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“This one memoir is a generous- spirited book. Its many delightful moments, as well as its almost matter-of-fact description of menace and impending danger, stay long in the mind.” (Wall Street Journal)

“What makes the book so instantly mesmerizingis Trudi Kanter herself, who fashioned sentences just the way she fashionedhats as a milliner in late 1930s Vienna—each a dazzling, delicate object ofdelight.” (Oprah.com, Book of the Week)

“TrudiKanter's memoir is blessed with a wonderful title and an even better backstory...her spirited charm will win you over.” (USA Today)

“In a rediscovered memoir, the charmed life of designer Trudi Kanter is split open as the Nazis claim Vienna and terror reigns. Every Holocaust story is worth remembering, and Trudi's is unique—she refuses to lose her vision of what the world should be at its very best: a place of red roses, Paris avenues, and above all else, true love.” (Alice Hoffman, author of The Dovekeepers)

“There have been many books by and about refugees from the Third Reich...but there can be few if any that manage to combine terror and death with such sheer frivolity as this engaging memoir....Ms. Kanter’s attraction to the light rather than the storm clouds that bedeviled so much of her existence makes her book a happy read.” (Washington Times)

“With a natural writing style, a talent for re-creating the details of daily life (especially the fashions), Trudi, who died in 1992, comes alive for the reader, creating what becomes a valuable piece of social history. But more than all this, her memoir is a poem of love to her husband, to the cities of Vienna and Paris, and to a way of life that, in the twinkling of an eye, completely disappeared.” (Chicago Jewish Star)

“Some Girls,Some Hats and Hitler does not minimize the horrors of war or the Holocaust, but through Kanter's delightful hopefulness and spare,riveting writing, it presents an unusual memoir of an era that must not be forgotten.” (Shelf Awareness)

“This Holocaust memoir is more a tale of love than a horror story of Nazi-occupied Europe...the words
and imagery flow beautifully.” (Publishers Weekly)

“From Paris to Vienna to London, Kantercreates a vibrant tapestry of her incredible odyssey through one of the darkestperiods in contemporary history. Romance, passion, and peril create anauthentically vivid backdrop for this intimate chronicle.” (Booklist)

“This book is a remarkable, first-hand account of life during the time, and the importance that fashion played in the survival of Kanter and her loved ones.” (fashionpulsedaily.com)

L'autore:

Trudi Kanter was born in Austria and moved across Europe as she tried to escape the Nazis. She and her husband finally settled in England, where she first published her memoir. Her story was lost after her death in 1992 but was reintroduced to the world with the publication of Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1476700281
• ISBN 13: 9781476700281
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 258