Mirror Books Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II

Es un buen libro que relata fielmente la ocupación en Holanda en la segunda guerra mundial, sin embargo muestra pocos "Insides" respecto a la vida de la actriz y se enfoca un poco más en unir los puntos sobre su madre. Me parece más un libro de colección para los fans.

Such a good book. Astounding the childhood Audrey had. I’ve loved her work for years and had no idea. Highly recommend.

In my younger years, Audrey Hepburn was the movie start most likely to gain my admiration. Her gamine image, playful and likely to cause trouble, along with her waifish little size and pixyish face that suggested a companion of much fun and devilish twinges of misbehavior were ideal images for a devil-may-care soul such as I pictured myself were false images that didn’t exist with Hepburn. She was, instead, a somewhat tortured woman, tall and slender, with much on her mind and in her past. Born of noble stock in the Netherlands, Audrey experienced many episodes of lost relatives as she grew up in a Nazi-inspired atmosphere of fear and unsettling existence that left her somewhat introverted and reluctant to talk about her past. Fun loving was a stretch for her personality, although she relished her friends and acquaintances and was generally adored in return. She was unrelenting in her quest to become a famous ballerina and was, indeed, a fine dancer, a talent that helped her in her film career. She was involved in numerous romances and affairs that cropped up frequently in her story, generally with co-stars such as Mel Ferrer and William Holden. She was never apologetic about her dalliances, carrying on in the tradition of most of the stars of the day. Robert Matzen’s autobiography, “Dutch Girl,” takes the reader on a dazzling and often confusing voyage through a confusing array of relatives and residences, coupled with equally disturbing times of Nazi entanglement in her life. Her mother was a dyed in the wool Nazi sympathizer, her father a troublesome rabble-rouser who went in the wind to avoid capture. She wasn’t abandoned completely, having frequent visits with her dad, but he wasn’t around for the bulk of her growing up. Because of her dedication and a determined mother, Audrey never wavered in her pursuit of a dancing career, undergoing many hardships as she continued to rise through the ranks of dedicated dancers to eventually become famous and one of the best of the times. Matzen relies on meticulous research and careful writing skills in recounting the life of Audrey Hepburn. Although Hepburn never related most of these encounters in her public life, but Matzen has managed to scope them out and relate them in vivid detail and produces revealing details the provide for riveting reading. I recommend this book as a joyful look at life for one of the most glamorous stars of our times. Schuyler T Wallace Author of TIN LIZARD TALES

La ragazzina partigiana nell'Olanda invasa dai Nazisti. Cioè non l'attrice dei giornali patinati dei giorni a venire, ma un capitolo ignorato nella vita della star del cinema e dell'Olanda. Dettagliatissimo e interessante. Consegna nei tempi concordati. Tutto ok

Das Buch kam schnell an, entspricht vollkommen der Beschreibung. Unbenutzt, neu. Bin mit der Abwicklung total zufrieden.