It Began in Transylvania: A Memoir of Mistakes and Surprises, by Renee Palmer
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This memoir is a series of entertaining vignettes. It traces events from my life growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors in bucolic Transylvania, the changes after the ensuing Communist regime up to the escape to the free word and life thereafter. Though it does start with an expose of my parents’ provenance and some of their horrific experiences in the concentration camps, it covers about 65 years of quirky adventures in Romania, Austria, France, Israel and the US and includes travel disasters such as plane crashes, behind the scenes events in the fashion industry at a number of renowned fashion design companies, celebrity encounters, and a variety of simply comical incidents. It ends with a shocking discovery, a 65-year old family secret that came to light mainly due to serendipity during a trip back to my hometown in Romania in 2013.
It Began in Transylvania: A Memoir of Mistakes and Surprises, by Renee Palmer- Amazon Sales Rank: #2497001 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .56" w x 6.00" l, .74 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 246 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It Began in Transylvania, but it didn't end there. It's not over yet.... By Amazon Customer If you're interested in memoirs that are touching, funny, and insightful, this book is for you. If you're interested in Holocaust history, life under a burdensome Communist regime, and the often amusing challenges of immigrant life in America, this book is for you. If you're fascinated by life in the New York fashion world and the larger world of a woman's discovery of computer technology--in short, if you're interested in the world-- this book is for you. Full disclosure: The author, Renee Palmer, has been my best friend for decades; I can attest to her honesty. The pages turn easily. Renee writes in a breezy style, but her experiences will remain with you. And you'll learn about adaptability--a key characteristic of her success.Instead of giving a young person yet another tome on "How to succeed", after graduation, give him or her this book. You, and the recipient, will never regret it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. There's More in Transylvania than Vampires... By Bess Heitner This book is fabulous on so many levels. Well written, lively, and funny, it takes you back in time to WWII, to how a young Jewish girl and her family coped under the bizarre rules in communist controlled Romania, how she went on to have numerous successful careers in fashion, computer programming, art and writing. Written anecdotally with tons of humorous and scary incidents, it's a great read and I recommend it to everyone who enjoys interesting stories and learning about life and times in other places. Plus it has a shocking surprise ending which I won't give away. Totally enjoyed this and you will too.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. You can take the girl out of Transylvania but... By Shari Saffioti This is my sister's memoir. And because we're sisters, some of her story is my story as well.In the summer of 2013 Renee called me and said, "Do you have time to talk? Because I have something to tell you that you're not gonna believe...and I think you better sit down." And she began to tell me of a 65-year-old family secret that went back years before I was even born. That is what prompted her to embark on this memoir.Reading the book at times felt like I'd broken into my big sister's diary, because I was born ten years after she was, and I didn't know many of the stories she recounts here that happened before my time. But I share with her the culture shock of coming from a strange Jewish childhood in a backward and remote village in post-war Communist Romania and winding up in Queens, New York at the height of the Cold War in the early '60s, with some unexpected stops along the way. Her life in the US began in high school, mine in kindergarten.Beginning with our parents' history as Holocaust survivors, through our family's life as Jews in rural Transylvania during the oppressive regime of the Communist era, to our eventual escape to the free world, and her life thereafter, Renee tells her stories in the form of vignettes - sometimes dark and painful, but more often very amusing.She takes you on some crazy travel adventures, and behind the scenes of a successful career in the fashion industry to her equally successful later career as a computer geek.My sister is smart and funny, with a devilish twist, and so is the tone of this book. I won't divulge the secret that came to light as a result of one of her trips back home to the old country, but it brought her - and our - story full circle, and it sure proves that life is full of surprises! A great read.
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