Pam Jenoff
Autor(a) de The Lost Girls of Paris
About the Author
Pam Jenoff was born in Maryland and raised outside Philadelphia. She attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Cambridge University in England where she earned her master's degree in history. She then was appointed as Special Assistenat to the Secretary of the Army. She worked mostrar mais helping victim's families of Pan Am Flight 103 secure their memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and observing recovery efforts at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing. Following her work at the Pentagon, Pam moved to the State Department. In 1996 she was assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Krakow, Poland. It was during this time that Pam developed her expertise in Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust, working on matters such as preservation of Auschwitz and the restitution of Jewish property in Poland. Pam left the Foreign Service in 1998 for law school and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked for several years as a labor and employment attorney and now teaches law school at Rutgers. Pam is the author of The Kommandant's Girl, which was an international bestseller and nominated for a Quill award, as well as The Winter Guest, The Diplomat's Wife, The Ambassador¿s Daughter, Almost Home, A Hidden Affair and The Things We Cherished. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Love and Defiance: The World War II Novels of Pam Jenoff 1 exemplar(es)
Kit sobre o Holocausto 1 exemplar(es)
Mujer DE LA Estrella Azul, LA 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Jenoff, Pam
- Data de nascimento
- 19??
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Educação
- George Washington University, Cambridge University
- Ocupação
- Author
Attorney
Vice Cousel for the U.S. State Department in Krakow, Poland
Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon
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The Forgotten Chapter (Blaze Collection) de Pam Jenoff
Ehh, it was alright but so rushed. I know that the point of the series is to have short reads but none of the others that I have read so far felt like they had pacing issues like this.
When Noa is found near frozen to death with a Jewish infant in her arms, Astrid, an aerialist in the circus, and her troupe take them in. To earn her keep and a safe haven for baby Theo, Noa is put to work on the trapeze. As the ‘catcher’ for Noa, Astrid insists no secrets be kept between them. But Noa is set on holding her past close to the vest while Astrid, a Jew and the former wife of a Reich officer, is also living a lie.
As the Nazi hold tightens in France, the circus is in peril of crumbling and the secrets of the past threaten to surface. When a fire races through the big top, split decisions must be made and only one of the aerialists will survive.
While not biographical there are a lot of truths woven into Pam Jenof’s, The Orphan’s Tale. She has done an excellent job researching the time, the circus, and some wonderful characters that lived at that time.
Given our climate, this is a good reminder to keep the past alive.… (mais)
As the Nazi hold tightens in France, the circus is in peril of crumbling and the secrets of the past threaten to surface. When a fire races through the big top, split decisions must be made and only one of the aerialists will survive.
While not biographical there are a lot of truths woven into Pam Jenof’s, The Orphan’s Tale. She has done an excellent job researching the time, the circus, and some wonderful characters that lived at that time.
Given our climate, this is a good reminder to keep the past alive.… (mais)
The Lost Girls of Paris is a historical fiction about the SOE; a British intelligence group of female operatives who, through unthinkable circumstances of betrayal by their own, nearly all do not survive to come home.
The question I ask myself while reading this book, written about a subject I love, WW2, women, and their fight to make a difference in a male dominant world, is why didn't this book resonate better for me; the simple answer is depth. I wanted more mire and muck, gut-wrenching, heart-stopping, fear-inducing depth. The Lost Girls did not have that for me, yet it seemed teed up to give it.
The second question I ask myself: When did I become such a cynic?
This is a marvelously written book with beautiful characters and believable settings (it is fictitious, after all), and I did enjoy the book. I would be remiss if I gave it anything less than the most stars available, although I would bump it down if there were a half. It was a home run but fell short of a grand slam.
I will read another of Ms. Jenoff's books, and she deserves your try as well - the book is worth it.… (mais)
The question I ask myself while reading this book, written about a subject I love, WW2, women, and their fight to make a difference in a male dominant world, is why didn't this book resonate better for me; the simple answer is depth. I wanted more mire and muck, gut-wrenching, heart-stopping, fear-inducing depth. The Lost Girls did not have that for me, yet it seemed teed up to give it.
The second question I ask myself: When did I become such a cynic?
This is a marvelously written book with beautiful characters and believable settings (it is fictitious, after all), and I did enjoy the book. I would be remiss if I gave it anything less than the most stars available, although I would bump it down if there were a half. It was a home run but fell short of a grand slam.
I will read another of Ms. Jenoff's books, and she deserves your try as well - the book is worth it.… (mais)
A dishonest,reckless depiction of the events of the Holocaust. The author takes historical fact and turns it into an adventure and story of romance. It is very unsettling that a book this popular will tell people an incorrect representation of what really happened. The author should feel ashamed.
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