The Empress of Weehawken

The Empress of Weehawken
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Publisher : Picador
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 0312427956
ISBN-13 : 9780312427955
Rating : 4/5 (955 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Empress of Weehawken by : Irene Dische

Download or read book The Empress of Weehawken written by Irene Dische and published by Picador. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of what is (she cannot help observing) an extraordinary life, Elisabeth Rother has decided to write her memoirs. She recounts her narrow escape with her Jewish husband from the Nazis, and the perilous voyage to the New World of New Jersey, but those, for her, are mere facts of life. For Elisabeth, bighearted and obstinate, the most bothersome and consuming subjects are the unconventional paths and waywardness of her daughter, Renate, and her granddaughter, Irene. The Empress of Weehawken is a curiously touching love letter to the difficult but sustaining love of mothers and daughters. Written in the voice of the author's very real grandmother, it is "superb . . . razor-sharp, desert-dry, and luxuriantly ironic" (The San Diego Union-Tribune).


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