The Empress of Weehawken

Irene Dische

first published 2007 Picador, 2008 320 pages

Catholic upper class woman from the Rhineland marries Jewish surgeon from Silencia before WWII and retells their years in Germany during the war, later in America and looking back not only on her own life but on that of her daughter Renate and granddaughter, Irene Dische.

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Empress of Weehawken edition · 2008 · Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429933391
Empress of Weehawken edition · 2008 · Picador · 320 pages · 9780312427955
The Empress of Weehawken hardcover · 2007 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 320 pages · 9780374299125

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