The Only Woman In The Room Summary

The only woman in the room is a fascinating story told from the point of view of a beautiful woman a talented and charismatic performer an austrian jew named hedy keisler.

The only woman in the room summary.

Complete summary of marilyn french s the women s room. The only woman in the room marie benedict. Sourcebooks landmark 25 99 272p isbn 978 1 4926 6686 8. The only woman in the room marie benedict 2019 sourcebooks 272 pp.

Marie benedict s the only woman in the room is the story of hedy lamarr a woman best known for her roles on the silver screen. Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising nazi party and led to marriage with an austrian arms dealer. Hedy lamarr a jewish woman who married and austrian arms dealer and eventually fled europe during hitler s my thanks to sourcebooks landmark booktrib and the girly book club for sending me an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. Hedy lamarr the only woman in the room is infinitely engaging but woefully brief coming in under 300 pages.

The only woman in the room by marie benedict release date. Hedy s beloved father understands the political dangers and growing anti semitism in europe as early as 1933 when the story starts. A novelist who s made a career writing about the only woman in the room the new york times as a 24 year old corporate lawyer at skadden arps in new york city in the mid 1990s marie benedict was often the only woman in a room full of men an experience she has drawn on in her subsequent career as a writer of novels inspired by women whose achievements have been overlooked or. 15 2019 one of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen hedy lamarr also designed a secret weapon against nazi germany.

Beautifully written compassionately rendered and compulsively readable the only woman in the room is the perfect work of historical fiction for our time. She also possessed a stunning mind. Benedict has done lamarr true justice and i feel certain that she would love this book. Could the world handle both.

Enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of the women s room. She s well known for her beauty and manages to land a starring role in. Hedy kieseler is a jewish woman married to an austrian arms dealer. Reviewed by rebecca munro on january 11 2019.

As the only woman in the room opens hedy s father expresses concern for his daughter s welfare for all jewish people really in the wake of hitler s desire to annex their home country austria to the overtly anti semitic germany.