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The author shares her story of living as a fearless Jewish bookseller trying to survive Nazi-occupied Europe.

". . . [The author's] new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she made last year about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden story of her own life"--Provided by publisher.

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess.

"The story in comics of Lola, the author's great-grandmother, who lived an adventurous life as a feminist, secret service agent, military nurse, and Jewish refugee in the soviet Ukraine. The story is interweaved with the author's political and romantic coming-of-age a century later in present-day Chicago"--.

Israeli actor Gal Gadot played Wonder Woman in the 2017 movie directed by Patty Jenkins. An inspiring role model, Gadot also studied law and served in the Israeli military before beginning her acting career.

Profiles Jewish Americans who have contributed to American society and culture, including Steven Spielberg, Haym Salomon, Levi Strauss, and Emma Lazarus.

Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil's debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a therapist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe's story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. A retelling of the inherited Holocaust narrative now two generations removed, Flying Couch uses Bubbe's real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. With her playful, idiosyncratic sensibility, Amy traces the way our memories and our families shape who we become. The result is this bold illustrated memoir, both an original coming-of-age story and an important entry into the literature of the Holocaust.

Marie Jalowicz Simon was born in 1922 into a middle-class Jewish family. In 1942, during World War II, while living in Berlin, she resolved to do everything in her power to avoid the concentration camps. She removed her yellow star, took on an assumed identity, and disappeared into the city. For years Marie took shelter wherever it was offered---living with circus performers, communists and Nazi loyalists. She learned to leave quickly, melt into the landscape, and be as anonymous as possible. After the war ended, she became a full professor of the literary cultural history of classical antiquity at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She rarely spoke about her past but left an oral history of her wartime experiences with her son before her death in 1998.

Here is the story of three unforgettable women: Amy, the author, her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. The voices and histories of these wise, hilarious, and very different women create a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how much each generation bears the imprint of the past.

A collection of stories featuring Jewish women and their lives.