Blogs in December 2022

Künstlers in Paradise 14th December 2022

There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of Vienna. Circumstances transformed that fairy tale into a nightmare, and in 1939 the Künstlers found their way out of Vienna and into a new fairy...

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The Three Weissmanns of Westport 1st January 1970

When Joseph Weissmann divorced his wife, he was seventy eight years old and she was seventy-five…He said the words ‘Irreconcilable differences’, and saw real confusion in his wife’s eyes. ‘Irreconcilable differences?’ she said. ‘Of course there are irreconcilable differences....

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The New Yorkers 1st January 1970

This book is about people, about the Upper West Side in New York City, and about the effects of dogs on people. A beautifully crafted book – Central Park where dog and dog owners congregate and everyone has a...

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Fin and Lady 1st January 1970

It is 1964. Eleven-year-old Fin and his glamorous, worldly, older half sister, Lady, have just been orphaned. Fin has not seen Lady in six years, but she is now his legal guardian – and his only hope. Uprooted from...

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