The Only Woman In The Room Summary

Reviewed by rebecca munro on january 11 2019.

The only woman in the room summary.

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. She s well known for her beauty and manages to land a starring role in. Benedict looks deeper into hedy s life bringing us an engrossing tale of a woman who is both brilliant and beautiful. Hedy s beloved father understands the political dangers and growing anti semitism in europe as early as 1933 when the story starts.

Could the world handle both. 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. Benedict has done lamarr true justice and i feel certain that she would love this book. 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 marie benedict. Enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of the women s room. The only woman in the room by marie benedict release date. 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.

9781492666868 summary she possessed a stunning beauty. Hedy kieseler is a jewish woman married to an austrian arms dealer. Beautifully written compassionately rendered and compulsively readable the only woman in the room is the perfect work of historical fiction for our time. 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. More by and about this author. 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. Complete summary of marilyn french s the women s room.

15 2019 one of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen hedy lamarr also designed a secret weapon against nazi germany.