Bibliograph

The Watchmaker's Daughter, A Memoir

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The Watchmaker's Daughter, A Memoir

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Watchmaker's Daughter

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

817927253

Sub title

A Memoir

Summary

The Watchmaker's Daughter tells the story of a child of two refugees: a watchmaker who saved lives within Dachau prison, and his wife, a gifted concert pianist about to make her debut when the Nazis seized power. In this memoir, Sonia Taitz is born into a world in which the Holocaust is discussed constantly by her insular concentration camp-surviving parents. This legacy, combined with Sonia's passion and intelligence, leads the author to forge an adventurous life in which she seeks to heal both her parents and herself through travel, achievement, and a daring love affair. Ironically, it is he

Table Of Contents

Prologue: The Man Who Fixed Time; Naming Ceremony; Arpeggios and Arpège; Running Like a Crazy; Eine Kleine Schwarzkopf; My Shtetl, Washington Heights; Your Doris, My Elizabeth; La Vie en Rose; The Almost Blind Watchmaker; Piano and Potatoes; Veal in Love; Operation Blue -- Violet; Modern/Orthodox; Beauty Queen; A Lament for Esau; My Helen Keller Fixation; Lucky Number 13; A Small Celebrity; Redemption Song; The Making of a Courtesan; Miles to Go; Omega and Alpha; Escapes, West and East; The Vow; Master of English Letters; The Jewess at Last; Dan Greenleaf, Esquire; Reparations and RepairsLovely, Dark and DeepThe Great Bully; Please Send Help at Once; Real Lamed -- Vavniks; Women's Studies; A Life; Speedo; Acknowledgments; About the Author;

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