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ISBN
9781451688306
Book Title
Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler : a True Love Story Rediscovered
Item Length
8.4in
Publisher
Scribner
Publication Year
2012
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Trudi Kanter
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Women's Studies, Historical
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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The astonishing true journey of Trudi Kanter, an Austrian Jew, whose courage, resourcefulness, and perseverance kept both her and her beloved safe during the Nazi invasion is a rediscovered masterpiece. " FOR EVEN IN NAZI VIENNA, Trudi realized, women still looked in the mirror. . . . She knows that even in the bleak darkness, we feel, love, desire. She left no child (she and Walter tried, with no success); her hats are long lost, but her book is her legacy, discovered once again." --From the introduction by Linda Grant, a uthor of The Clothes on Their Backs, The Thoughtful Dresser and We Had It So Good In 1938 Trudi Kanter, stunningly beautiful, chic and charismatic, was a hat designer for the best-dressed women in Vienna. She frequented the most elegant caf s. She had suitors. She flew to Paris to see the latest fashions. And she fell deeply in love with Walter Ehrlich, a charming and romantic businessman. But as Hitler's tanks rolled into Austria, the world this young Jewish couple knew collapsed, leaving them desperate to escape. In prose that cuts straight to the bone, Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler tells the true story of Trudi's astonishing journey from Vienna to Prague to blitzed London seeking safety for her and Walter amid the horror engulfing Europe. It was her courage, resourcefulness and perseverance that kept both her and her beloved safe during the Nazi invasion and that make this an indelible memoir of love and survival. Sifting through a secondhand bookshop in London, an English editor stumbled upon this extraordinary book, and now, though she died in 1992, the world has a second chance to discover Trudi Kanter's enchanting story. In these pages she is alive--vivid, tenacious and absolutely unforgettable.

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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
145168830x
ISBN-13
9781451688306
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038379103

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Book Title
Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler : a True Love Story Rediscovered
Author
Trudi Kanter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Women's Studies, Historical
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz

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Trudi Kanter's memoir is blessed with a wonderful title and an even better back story...her spirited charm will win you over., 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., TrudiKanter relates the emotional roller coaster she was on in attempting to get toEngland with her parents and the love of her life, Walter. The reader sharestheir terror and resultant cycles of inertia, hope and finally galvanization ofemotional resources that Ms. Kanter, her family and friends all brought tobear., " Some Girls,Some Hats and Hitler does not minimize the horrors ofwar or the Holocaust, but through Kanter's delightful hopefulness and spare,riveting writing, it presents an unusual memoir of an era that must not beforgotten." , "For even in Nazi Vienna, Trudi realized, women still looked in the mirror....Her book is also about the appetite for life, for clothes and hats, and food, and cocktails, and sex, and furnishings, and good company, and conversation. She knew that even in the bleak darkness, we feel, love, desire. She left no child (she and Walter tried, with no success); her hats are long lost, but her book is her legacy, discovered once again." -From the introduction by Linda Grant, author of The Clothes on Their Backs , The Thoughtful Dresser, and We Had It So Good, "For even in Nazi Vienna, Trudi realized, women still looked in the mirror….Her book is also about the appetite for life, for clothes and hats, and food, and cocktails, and sex, and furnishings, and good company, and conversation. She knew that even in the bleak darkness, we feel, love, desire. She left no child (she and Walter tried, with no success); her hats are long lost, but her book is her legacy, discovered once again." From the introduction by Linda Grant, author of The Clothes on Their Backs , The Thoughtful Dresser, and We Had It So Good, "Distilled through the lens of a sartorial dignitary, Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler offers an illuminating chronicle of narrow wartime escapes, calamity, and ingenuity. What makes this account all the more revealing is its candor regarding the persistence of mortal tendencies amid even the most disastrous of situations. Sometimes there is vanity, sometimes jealousy, and often, in the most unexpected of places, beauty of both the aesthetic and human varieties." --Alicia Oltuski, author of Precious Objects, 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., "There have been many books by and aboutrefugees from the Third Reich...but there can be few if any that manage tocombine terror and death with such sheer frivolity as this engaging memoir....Ms. Kanter's attraction to the light rather than the storm clouds thatbedeviled so much of her existence makes her book a happy read." , There have been many books by and aboutrefugees from the Third Reich...but there can be few if any that manage tocombine terror and death with such sheer frivolity as this engaging memoir....Ms. Kanter's attraction to the light rather than the storm clouds thatbedeviled so much of her existence makes her book a happy read., What makes the book so instantly mesmerizing is Trudi Kanter herself, who fashioned sentences just the way she fashioned hats as a milliner in late 1930s Vienna--each a dazzling, delicate object of delight., "Nothing undid beauty and romance like the onslaught of World War II. And yet in Trudi Kanter's elegant memoir Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler love and grace survive the horror in Western Europe.  What an enchanting book. What a gem.  I could not put it down." --Jennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers and Something Red, "In prose that cuts straight to the bone, SOMEGIRLS, SOME HATS AND HITLER tells the true story of Trudi's astonishing journeyfrom Vienna to Prague to blitzed London seeking safety for her and Walter amidthe horror engulfing Europe...enchanting...In these pages she is alive --- vivid,tenacious and absolutely unforgettable." , This book is a remarkable, first-hand account of life during the time, andthe importance that fashion played in the survival of Kanter and her lovedones., 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., "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, TrudiKanter's memoir is blessed with a wonderful title and an even better backstory...her spirited charm will win you over., In prose that cuts straight to the bone, SOMEGIRLS, SOME HATS AND HITLER tells the true story of Trudi's astonishing journeyfrom Vienna to Prague to blitzed London seeking safety for her and Walter amidthe horror engulfing Europe...enchanting...In these pages she is alive --- vivid,tenacious and absolutely unforgettable., "A wonderful memoir of a young milliner in pre-World War II Vienna who flees to London with the man she loves when Hitler's tanks invade. Despite the tragic subject matter, this warm and vividly humorous autobiography is a must for anyone interested in fashion, history - and love." - Bella, "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, With anatural 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 allthis, her memoir is a poem of love to her husband, to the cities of Vienna andParis, and to a way of life that, in the twinkling of an eye, completelydisappeared., "This Holocaust memoir is more a tale of lovethan a horror story of Nazi-occupied Europe...the words  and imagery flow beautifully." , "This book is a remarkable, first-hand account of life during the time, andthe importance that fashion played in the survival of Kanter and her lovedones." , "Nothing undid beauty and romance like the onslaught of World War II. And yet in Trudi Kanter's elegant memoir Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler love and grace survive the horror in Western Europe. What an enchanting book. What a gem. I could not put it down." --Jennifer Gilmore, author of The Mothers and Something Red, What makes the book so instantly mesmerizing is Trudi Kanter herself, who fashioned sentences just the way she fashioned hats as a milliner in late 1930s Vienna-each a dazzling, delicate object of delight., "TrudiKanter relates the emotional roller coaster she was on in attempting to get toEngland with her parents and the love of her life, Walter. The reader sharestheir terror and resultant cycles of inertia, hope and finally galvanization ofemotional resources that Ms. Kanter, her family and friends all brought tobear." , This Holocaust memoir is more a tale of lovethan a horror story of Nazi-occupied Europe...the words and imagery flow beautifully., "A wonderful memoir of a young milliner in pre-World War II Vienna who flees to London with the man she loves when Hitler's tanks invade. Despite the tragic subject matter, this warm and vividly humorous autobiography is a must for anyone interested in fashion, history and love." - Bella, "A wonderful memoir of a young milliner in pre-World War II Vienna who flees to London with the man she loves when Hitler's tanks invade.  Despite the tragic subject matter, this warm and vividly humorous autobiography is a must for anyone interested in fashion, history - and love." -- Bella, This onememoir is a generous- spirited book. Its many delightful moments, as well asits almost matter-of-fact description of menace and impending danger, stay longin the mind., "For even in Nazi Vienna, Trudi realized, women still looked in the mirror....Her book is also about the appetite for life, for clothes and hats, and food, and cocktails, and sex, and furnishings, and good company, and conversation. She knew that even in the bleak darkness, we feel, love, desire. She left no child (she and Walter tried, with no success); her hats are long lost, but her book is her legacy, discovered once again."   -From the introduction by Linda Grant, author of The Clothes on Their Backs , The Thoughtful Dresser, and We Had It So Good, 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., "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, Some Girls,Some Hats and Hitler does not minimize the horrors ofwar or the Holocaust, but through Kanter's delightful hopefulness and spare,riveting writing, it presents an unusual memoir of an era that must not beforgotten., "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." , "A wonderful memoir of a young milliner in pre-World War II Vienna who flees to London with the man she loves when Hitler's tanks invade. Despite the tragic subject matter, this warm and vividly humorous autobiography is a must for anyone interested in fashion, history - and love." -- Bella, TrudiKanter's memoir is blessed with a wonderful title and an even better backstory…her spirited charm will win you over., There have been many books by and aboutrefugees from the Third Reich…but there can be few if any that manage tocombine terror and death with such sheer frivolity as this engaging memoir….Ms. Kanter's attraction to the light rather than the storm clouds thatbedeviled so much of her existence makes her book a happy read.
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