{"product_id":"the-watchmakers-daughter-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Watchmaker's Daughter: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSonia Taitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Watchmaker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e 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 her marriage to a non-Jew that brings her parents the peace and fulfillment they would never have imagined possible. Sonia manages to combine her own independence with a tender dutifulness, honoring her parents' legacy while forging a new family of her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonia Taitz is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the King's Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel which was praised by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"beguiling.\" \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e essayist and critic Jesse Kornbluth dubbed Sonia Taitz the \"the female, Jewish Evelyn Waugh\" (surpassing Martin Amis and Philip Roth); \u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e placed her in \"in the province of the best poets, playwrights and novelists.\" Her previous book, \u003ci\u003eMothering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, garnered Sonia Taitz praise as \"an incisive, funny writer\"(\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) who is both \"wise and witty\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers' Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e); \u003ci\u003eMothering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e was cited in \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as \"one of the best things ever written by famous writers on motherhood\" (May, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Watchmaker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir, is the poignant tale of Sonia's binocular life as the American child of European concentration camp survivors. In it, she is adult and child, daughter and mother\u0026amp;mdash but always the inspired interpreter of her special historical legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMs. Taitz earned a J.D. from Yale, and served as a Law Guardian for foster children and an ER advocate for assaulted women. She holds an M.Phil in English from Oxford, and won its Lord Bullock Prize for Writing. Her plays have been seen at the Oxford Playhouse, the National Theatre (in D.C.), New York's Primary Stages, and the Obie Award-winning Ensemble Studio Theatre, where she served as Writer-in-Residence.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772822618400,"sku":"9780975561881","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4653aa47831a5870a2a588d7837da066.webp?v=1780415102","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-watchmakers-daughter-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}