Most Popular Books by Susan Dworkin

#1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged in Munich as Grete Denner. There she met Werner Vetter, a Nazi Party member who fell in love with her. Despite Edith''s protests and even her eventual confession that she was Jewish, he married her and kept her identity a secret. In wrenching detail, Edith recalls a life of constant, almost paralyzing fear. She tells how German officials casually questioned the lineage of her parents; how during childbirth she refused all painkillers, afraid that in an altered state of mind she might reveal something of her past; and how, after her husband was captured by the Soviets, she was bombed out of her house and had to hide while drunken Russian soldiers raped women on the street. Despite the risk it posed to her life, Edith created a remarkable record of survival. She saved every document, as well as photographs she took inside labor camps. Now part of the permanent collection at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., these hundreds of documents, several of which are included in this volume, form the fabric of a gripping new chapter in the history of the Holocaust—complex, troubling, and ultimately triumphant.

"A perceptive and provocative work." — Los Angeles Times "A stunning job of research, observation and reporting." —Larry Gelbart, co-writer of Tootsie and writer on TV''s "M*A*S*H*" "This fluid, marvelously detailed book goes a long way toward explaining why Tootsie has already achieved a reputation as a classic film comedy." — People Making Tootsie is back, three decades after the creation of the blockbuster Hollywood motion picture that the American Film Institute rated as #2 on its list of the 100 Best Comedies of All Time (second only to Some Like it Hot). Playwright, author, and Ms. magazine contributing writer Susan Dworkin was granted unprecedented access to the film set, the cast, and the crew during the filming and through post-production of the 1982 classic, and her riveting, detailed chronicle offers a fascinating window into the art of movie making—as well as painting indelible portraits of the two main men who made Tootsie happen: director Sidney Pollack and star Dustin Hoffman. No movie buff, film historian, student, or fan will want to miss Making Tootsie.

Traces the changing role of the American woman from the turn of the century to the present, and looks at notable women and their accomplishments.

After contracting AIDS through a tainted clotting factor, hemophiliac Ryan White, at age 13, confronted the ignorance and bigotry all around him with strength and determination. The one woman who stood beside him throughout his ordeal, his mother, Jeanne White, now tells the uplifting story of their struggle to the bitter end, when Ryan died in 1990. of photos.

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"Este livro extraordinário é uma das melhores memórias sobre o Holocausto já escritas." — Library Journal Até onde você iria para sobreviver a uma guerra? Edith Hahn era uma mulher austríaca extrovertida e de opinião forte quando a Gestapo aprisionou os judeus em um gueto e, depois, em um campo de trabalhos forçados. Quando Edith retornou à Viena, ela sabia que seria cassada pelos nazistas. Resolve, com a ajuda de uma amiga cristã, criar uma nova identidade. Assim emerge Grete Denner. Foi como Grete que ela conheceu Werner Vetter, um membro do partido nazista que se apaixonou perdidamente por ela. Apesar de seus protestos e de confessar ser judia, Werner a pediu em casamento e manteve sua identidade em segredo. Neste relato incrível, Edith conta como era viver em constante medo. Ela revela como os oficiais nazistas casualmente questionavam a linhagem de seus pais; como ela recusou analgésicos durante o parto de sua filha; o momento em que seu marido foi capturado pelos soviéticos e ela foi expulsa de sua casa, escondendo-se em escombros porque soldados russos bêbados estupravam mulheres na rua. Suas experiências formam um testemunho emocionante de um dos períodos mais avassaladores da história. "Uma história incrível." Jewish Post "Um exemplo inspirador de perseverança diante de adversidades terríveis." Publishers Weekly "Este livro cativante mostra como o instinto de sobrevivência nos leva a dormir com nosso inimigo." Kirkus Review "Uma linda história de sobrevivência e superação de seus maiores medos." Washington Jewish Weekly

Maxie Dash, the heroine of The Garden Lady, is a famous beauty, a fashion icon, the face of many national TV ads. She has a gift for comedy and one best friend whom she treasures as a sister. Her first husband, a world-class photographer, took pictures of her in the nude which are so beautiful that they now hang in museums. On the cusp of her 50s, Maxie decides to make one more marriage, something permanent and restful, to a rich man who will guarantee her an affluent life and future security. Amazingly she finds the perfect man. Even more amazingly, she grows to love him. Albert shares Maxie''s passion for the opera. He willingly supports her favorite charities. He indulges her delight in public gardens and allows her to endow the community with their beauty. All he asks in return is that she give him her love and her unswerving loyalty and agree to know nothing - absolutely nothing - about his business.

It is the year 2165. Climate change has impoverished the world. One giant corporation governs North America and controls the food supply. When a fierce wheat plague threatens everyone with starvation. an alliance of plant scientists, robot spies, and fed-up farmers organize to fight it. And at their center is a young woman named Lizzie who dreamed of being an ordinary pop singer and becomes instead the voice of the revolution.

Het leven van een Oostenrijks-joodse vrouw die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog trouwt met een Duitse legerofficier om aan de jodenvervolgingen te ontkomen.