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Eva and Eve, a search for my mother's lost childhood and what a war left behind, Julie Metz

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Eva and Eve, a search for my mother's lost childhood and what a war left behind, Julie Metz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-494)

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individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eva and Eve

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1257402900

Responsibility statement

Julie Metz

Sub title

a search for my mother's lost childhood and what a war left behind

Summary

"To Julie Metz, her mother, Eve, was the quintessential New Yorker. Eve rarely spoke about her childhood and it was difficult to imagine her living anywhere else except Manhattan, where she could be found attending Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera or inspecting a round of French triple crème at Zabar's. In truth, Eve had endured a harrowing childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna. After her mother passed, Julie discovered a keepsake book filled with farewell notes from friends and relatives addressed to a ten-year-old girl named Eva. This long-hidden memento was the first clue to the secret pain that Julie's mother had carried as a refugee and immigrant, shining a light on a family that had to persevere at every turn to escape the antisemitism and xenophobia that threatened their survival. Interweaving personal memoir and family history, Eva and Eve vividly traces one woman's search for her mother's lost childhood while revealing the resilience of our forebears and the sacrifices that ordinary people are called to make during history's darkest hours"--, Provided by publisher

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Eva & EveSearch for my mother's lost childhood and what a war left behind

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