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Review Date: 5/25/2021
Helpful Score: 1
This is an eye-opening look - through historical fiction - at the life of a brilliant woman inventor, whose Hollywood beauty was all the world could see.
Hedy Lamarr was more than a pretty face. This fictionalized account of her life is a fascinating look behind the Hollywood curtain. Her Hollywood career did not fulfill her; she preferred to spend her free time inventing. If only the 1940's attitudes toward women had allowed the powerful men to see beyond her beauty, Hedy Lamarr would have been remembered as the brilliant inventor she was, instead of just a beautiful actress.
While the technology she developed is being used even today in telecommunications, she didn't receive recognition for her brilliant work during her lifetime.
This well-researched book by Marie Benedict tells her story in an engaging narrative. I thoroughly enjoyed learning the "backstory" of Hedy Lamarr's life.
Hedy Lamarr was more than a pretty face. This fictionalized account of her life is a fascinating look behind the Hollywood curtain. Her Hollywood career did not fulfill her; she preferred to spend her free time inventing. If only the 1940's attitudes toward women had allowed the powerful men to see beyond her beauty, Hedy Lamarr would have been remembered as the brilliant inventor she was, instead of just a beautiful actress.
While the technology she developed is being used even today in telecommunications, she didn't receive recognition for her brilliant work during her lifetime.
This well-researched book by Marie Benedict tells her story in an engaging narrative. I thoroughly enjoyed learning the "backstory" of Hedy Lamarr's life.
Review Date: 5/1/2012
This is an uplifting tale of aging, told from the viewpoint of a 90+ former circus veterinarian now living in a nursing home. His life included an ivy league education, financial ruin, romance, drama, and more. His story is told in chapters alternating between reminiscences and present day realities of nursing home life. This is one of the best books I've read lately; it is entertaining, compelling, humorous, and serious all at the same time. The ending may surprise you. It did me.
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