A Family History of Smoking is a compelling memoir about two European families living through the last gasps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From great-grandfather David, who saw his family's fortunes decline with the gradual rise of anti-Semitism, to the ultra-modern, glamorous mother who held her family together through World War II, Andrew Riemer paints a beautiful portrait of a now vanished world that literally went up in smoke.Set against the backdrop of the tumult of early twentieth-century Europe, A Family History of Smoking is full of eccentric characters, literary anecdotes and historical drama, and is a moving tribute to a family, its strength and its stories.
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A Family History Of Smoking
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Print ISBN
9780522854886
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- I: Up in Smoke
- II: Lakeside Idyll
- III: Fashion Statement
- IV: Cigarette Dreams
- Notes
- Picture Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright