21 Aldgate

Name: 21 Aldgate
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Patricia Friedberg
ISBN: 9781629233963

Author: Patricia Friedberg

Narrator: Rebecca Shelbourn-Timm

Unabridged: 15 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 02/04/2014

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

When young Clara Simon quit her job in Ernest Maxwell Abbott's law firm over his increasingly shabby treatment of Jewish clients, she soon realized the seriousness of her actions. Giving up any job in post-WWI London meant taking a chance. Clara knew her family at 21 Aldgate would not be supportive. A coincidental meeting with a former Abbott employee resulted in a job offer in Chelsea. Clara, reluctant to consider venturing into affluent Chelsea, finally agreed to meet with the important French artist, Paul Maze, who needed an assistant to help write his memoir. Their working relationship ignited a passionate love that forever changed her. On the tides of the Second World War, Clara was forced to make decisions that risked both her life and her marriage...

About Patricia Friedberg

Patricia Friedberg grew up in London during WWII. She attended the Henrietta Barnett School and later the London School of Journalism. Soon after her marriage, she left England to live for many years in South Africa and in the Rhodesias - now Zambia and Zimbabwe, where she was a journalist and writer of documentaries. She has co-authored two illustrated children's books, Dear Sammie: A Letter to a Grandchild of Divorcing Parents, and Dear Jake.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cat on August 01, 2018

I’m from the area that this book is about. I could relate to the places in the East End but I found the story very samey. Nothing we’ve not heard before. Ok, all the same. Nice description of old Jewish East End families, but the story isn’t one that I’d say is memorable.......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on July 10, 2019

This started slow but when Paul and Claira got to Munich I couldn’t hardly put it down...and then they returned home and it went back to being a slow read. This was just “ok”......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on August 20, 2015

I didn't dislike this book, but I am not really sure if I liked it, either. I happened across it at a local library and I thought it sounded interesting, It's not a bad story, but I do think it could be improved. The book information says it was published by what sounds like an independent press. I'm......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on August 03, 2012

An enjoyable novel about a Jewish family in London. Relatively easy read and was fun to read before I went to London. Characters were relatively complex but also likeable. Addresses women's issues during the timeframe.......more