The Empress of Weehawken

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).

Author: Irene Dische
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 07/22/2008
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780312427955

About the Author

Irene Dische is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker. Her books, published in twenty-two countries, have included international bestsellers. She divides her time between Berlin and Rhinebeck, NY.

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