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    The First Wife: A Short Story
    The First Wife: A Short Story
    The First Wife: A Short Story
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    The First Wife: A Short Story

    By Tommy Black

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    Meliva Maric received little fan fare or recognition as Albert Einstein's first wife during her lifetime. Although she was known, it was not until the release of the couple's love letters following Einstein's death that the world began to stand up and take notice. This is a fictionalized account of Mileva and her life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTommy Black
    Release dateFeb 13, 2011
    ISBN9781458023575
    The First Wife: A Short Story
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    Tommy Black

    I have been married since 1995 and have 8-year-old twins (a boy and a girl). We are all very active having completed our first marathons in 2010 at the North Olympic Discovery Marathon in Port Angeles, WA. We love to travel, visit with friends, and sometimes just lay around being lazy.As long as I can remember, I've had ideas for books. I wrote my first book several years ago, but never finished editing it. I wrote it for me and still have little desire to share it. Last year, however, I was struck with an idea for a book dealing with Sigmund Freud and one of his first patients, Ida Bauer. I was able to convince my wife to travel with me to Vienna November 2009, and the journey began. I recently completed the book and have begun the editing process. It has been such an interesting and rewarding journey, I am now beginning to research and outline my next two novels.

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      The First Wife - Tommy Black

      The First Wife

      A Short Story

      Tommy Black

      Published by Tommy Black at Smashwords

      Copyright 2011 Tommy Black

      Discover other titles by Tommy Black at Smashwords.com or tommyauthor.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Cover photo courtesy of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule.

      Part 1

      Looking down at the letter as it sat on the table next to her arthritic hands, Mileva laughed aloud to herself. She refused to lose herself in sorrow again due to Albert and his selfishness. No, she would not cry. Instead, she raised her coffee mug to her lips, blew softly to cool it, and looked out the window to the gently falling snow. Living 70 years in Switzerland, Mileva was used to the snow, but something about how the large flakes glided gently to her windowsill transported Mileva to her youth in Titel, Servia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

      Mileva had been born just before Christmas. Having her birthday in such close proximity to the holiday helped make winter her favorite time of the year. She often remembered her childhood warmly, as she had been doted on by her parents. Thanks to her father’s financial successes, Mileva and her siblings never wanted for anything, and Mileva always enjoyed being with her father. He never forced her to acquiesce to the rigid role expectations of her gender. Mileva recalled her father using words and numbers in their playtime. It was during these games at a very early age that her family discovered Mileva’s talent for math and languages. She also enjoyed and excelled in painting and music but knew her first love was in mathematics. As a child, Mileva was encouraged to study with her siblings. The family brought tutors to the home to aid in her educational process. Mileva loved those days. The lessons always seemed like games to her and her family. One day, when she was 15 years old, Mileva had just finished a particularly challenging lesson when her father called her into the dining room of their home.

      Hello my dear, she recalled her father greeting her warmly.

      Hello Papa, she replied as she moved forward to kiss his grizzled cheek, his rough whiskers

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