A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport

by Kate Stewart

Book Overview

The inspiring true story of an indomitable librarian's journey from Nazi Germany to Seattle to Vietnam--all for the love of books.

Growing up under Fascist censorship in Nazi Germany, Ruth Rappaport absorbed a forbidden community of ideas in banned books. After fleeing her home in Leipzig at fifteen and losing both parents to the Holocaust, Ruth drifted between vocations, relationships, and countries, searching for belonging and purpose...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503904156
• ISBN13: 9781503904156
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Little a
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.7" x 8.4"