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    The Lost Wife - Behind the Story (A Book Companion)
    The Lost Wife - Behind the Story (A Book Companion)
    The Lost Wife - Behind the Story (A Book Companion)
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    The Lost Wife - Behind the Story (A Book Companion)

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    Loved the novel, but still hungry for more?

    If you've devoured the last morsel of your savory book, but have a stomach that yearns for more, "Behind the Story" will be a most delightful surprise. Enjoy this basket full of hand-picked treats, compiled as an easy, concise, info-rich serving just for you! You'll be on a VIP tour where we will take you by the hand to show you what is behind the curtains, what is "Behind the Story".

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    • Bibliography and resources, great as study guides or research resource.
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    “What was the inspiration behind the creation of this book?”


    According to Alyson Richman, several things served as her inspiration for writing The Lost Wife. Her initial inspiration was the desire to write about a lost Egon Schiele painting. She heard a story about a looted Klimt painting recently purchased by Ronald Lauder. But when she mentioned this to her agent, she informed Richman that the New York Times writer who had covered the story was also planning to write a nonfiction book about it. So that plan was busted. Furthermore, her agent wasn’t enthusiastic about it, saying it was a topic that would be hard to sell. Richman’s husband had the same reaction when she told him about it. But her fascination about art during the Holocaust, how people strived to create even under horrific circumstances and proved that the creative spirit cannot be suppressed by dire situations, did not go away. She just knew she had to find another way to go about it. (6)

    So, she did more research. That was when she came upon Dina Gottliebova, a Czech painter who had survived Auschwitz because she had done a mural of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on the children’s barracks there. Josef Mengele approached her about painting Gypsies he was “studying” in his clinic, i.e. men and women he did horrific experiments with, and she agreed but only if she and her mother would be spared from the gas chamber. Further research about Dina revealed that she had been an art student in Prague before being sent to Terezin and working in what was called the Lautscher department, where prisoners made art reproductions, ornamentals and postcards that were sent and sold to people in Germany.

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    Disclaimer: This work is not meant to replace, but to complement the original work. If you've loved the novel, then this is the book for you. It is educational in purpose, entertaining in nature, unauthorized and unofficial. It is a digestive work produced to stimulate the appetite and to encourage readers to appreciate the original work even more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateMay 27, 2014
    ISBN9781301909162
    The Lost Wife - Behind the Story (A Book Companion)

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      Foreword

      A personal note from the editor…

      What if…? was the question that gave birth to Behind the Story Books.

      When I pick up a book, from the first letter to the last, I am often completely enveloped in the novel - I’m laughing, rejoicing, fighting, and crying, side by side next to the characters. Even long after the book is finished, I found myself reminiscing about the scenes and characters over and over again in my head like a broken tape recorder – I was left high and very dry.

      One particularly pleasant evening, after closing the last page to a wonderful story, I just HAD to find out everything about the book - how it was created, how it was developed, who the author was, - everything.

      This sudden spurt of passion has led me to create and develop Behind the Story Books, to share with you - my fellow book lovers – a fan’s love for books. I hope you can see the love that went into the creation this book. Please enjoy this book and support Behind the Story Books. It is created for a fan, by a fan.

      So without further ado, I present to you…

      © 2013 Behind the Story™ Books

      Behind the Story: A Book Companion

      for the fans, by the fans

      Introduction

      Are you ready to go backstage?

      Props and Sets

      Book Title: THE LOST WIFE

      Author Name: ALYSON RICHMAN

      Time it was written: 2008 - 2010

      Place it was written: New York

      First publication: SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

      Publisher: BERKLEY TRADE

      Narrator: FIRST PERSON

      Point of view: JOSEF/LENKA

      Tone: VISUAL, EVOCATIVE

      Tense: PAST TENSE

      Setting (Time): 1939 – 1940s, THE PRESENT (2000)

      Setting (Place): PRAGUE/NEW YORK

      Protagonist: LENKA MAIZEL AND JOSEF KOHN

      Theme: FIRST LOVE, WAR, THE HOLOCAUST

      Motif: REFERENCES TO VISUAL ART, DIFFERENT COLORS

      Symbol: Paintings, Amalia, Terezin

      Who’s the author anyways?

      Alyson Richman was born Alyson Michelle Richman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Richman of Nissequogue, New York. Mr. Paul Richman is an engineer and the chairman of the Standard Microsystems Corporation in Hauppauge, New York, and of its Tokyo subsidiary, the Toyo Microsystems Corporation. Both are semiconductor manufacturers. Mrs. Ellen M. Richman is an abstract painter and an interior designer in New York. Alyson Richman had majored in Art History and graduated cum laude from Wellesley College. She is also a former Thomas J. Watson Fellow. (1) (8) (39)

      Richman grew up in St. James and attended Harbor Country

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