Guest Writer: Hill is a coffee aficionado from Canada. She enjoys reading everything from fiction to non-fiction, comic books to Shakespeare, Jane Austen to Lucy Maud Montgomery to Gregory Maguire. She loves attending sporting events, watching Marvel films, and frequenting the theatre. One day she hopes to see every play written by Shakespeare performed live (only a couple more to go!). In her spare time, she reads and spends time with her dogs.
Synopsis: Hedy Kiesler is the beautiful star of a controversial film and married to a powerful Austrian arms dealer. Her connections and notoriety allow her to escape Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent; she overhears the Third Reich’s plans and grows more and more desperate to escape her controlling husband and the Nazi regime. She disguises herself and flees…
But Hedy Kiesler’s story doesn’t end there. She ends up in Hollywood where she takes the name history would know her by – Hedy Lamarr. She is remembered as a star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, but few know she was a noted scientist whose contributions to science continue to influence our daily lives. Continue reading “Guest Post: Book Review – The Only Woman in the Room by Mary Benedict”