When History Is Personal
eBook - ePub

When History Is Personal

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

When History Is Personal

About this book

When History Is Personal contains the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartz's life, each heightened by its connection to historical, political, and social issues. These essays look both inward and outward so that these individualized tales tell a larger story—of assimilation, the women's movement, racism, anti-Semitism, end-of-life issues, ethics in writing, digital and corporate challenges, and courtroom justice. A shrewd and discerning storyteller, Schwartz captures history from her vantage as a child of German-Jewish immigrants, a wife of over fifty years, a breast cancer survivor, a working mother, a traveler, a tennis player, a daughter, and a widow. In adding her personal story to the larger narrative of history, culture, and politics, Schwartz invites readers to consider her personal take alongside "official" histories and offers readers fresh assessments of our collective past.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Preface
  9. Part 1
  10. My Father Always Said
  11. The Coronation of Bobby
  12. Love in a Handbag
  13. When to Forget
  14. “It’s Just Like Benheim”
  15. Part 2
  16. First Thanksgiving, 1962
  17. Off the King’s Highway
  18. A Trunk of Surprise
  19. What’s a Rally to Do?
  20. Close Call
  21. At the Johnson Hair Salon
  22. Echo across the Road
  23. Part 3
  24. Story on a Winter Beach
  25. Go Away, Bear
  26. Writing with Carly
  27. My Z Man
  28. Who Will I Be in Your Story?
  29. In the Land of Double Narrative
  30. Part 4
  31. Ad In, Ad Out
  32. On Stage and Off
  33. Lessons from a Last Day
  34. Lyrics and the Way We Love
  35. A Vine of Roses
  36. Fix-It Fantasy
  37. How the Light Gets In
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. Source Acknowledgments
  40. About Mimi Schwartz
  41. Illustrations