When sixteen-year-old Mattie arrives in the small Southern town as the mail-order bride of the local barber, her actions and her friendship with the unconventional McVay family soon shake up the deeply religious community. By the author of Summer of the Redeemers. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.
| ||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In 1989, Jean Frydman, a director of L'Oreal, the highly profitable Paris-based cosmetics conglomerate, learned he had "resigned" at a board of directors meeting that never actually took place. A hero of the French Resistance, founder of Paravision (a L'Oreal subsidiary), a Jew and a part-time resident of Israel, Frydman suspected that his resignation had been forged to meet the demands of the Arab League, which, at that time, was enforcing a ban?illegal in both France and the U.S.?on businesses with ties to Israel. He later began to suspect that the instigator of his removal was Jacques Correze, a former Nazi collaborator and convicted war criminal who was head of the company's U.S. operation. The ensuing lawsuits created a scandal in France. As retold by Bar-Zohar, a novelist and a biographer of David Ben-Gurion, L'Oreal was a hotbed of former Nazi sympathizers all too willing to bribe and be pressured by anti-Zionists. It also had friends in high places, Bar-Zohar claims, as high as French President Francois Mitterand, who appeared publicly as an archenemy of the boycott. The author milks the situation for its melodrama, with reconstructed conversation, numerous flashbacks and trumped-up suspense. He seems to be hoping reviewers will say his tale, though true, reads like a novel. It might have read even better as straightforward journalism, since he has unsuccessfully blended reportage with the techniques of fiction.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Bar-Zohar (Brothers, LJ 3/15/93), a specialist on Jewish-Arab relations, presents another masterpiece (previously published in Israel) about the corruptions and violations of France's antiboycott laws by L'Oreal, a giant French conglomerate, with the "zealous cooperation of the French embassy in Damascus" and other important French dignitaries. Bar-Zohar relates how L'Oreal yielded to the Arab boycott of Israeli products, which started even before the birth of the state of Israel. He also gives a fascinating look into France's murky past during World War II, following the complex story of President Francois Mitterand's right-wing connections during his youth, activities as an official of the Petain government at Vichy, and his continued and shadowy ties with top L'Oreal executives. The author also delves into the shadowy past of L'Oreal owner Andre Bettencourt, a cabinet minister, senator, and recipient of the Resistance medal who was on the payroll of the Propaganda Ministry of Nazi Germany. Bar-Zohar's work is richly detailed and clearly argued but not well documented. It is a remarkable work designed for nonspecialists.?Edward G. McCormack, Univ. of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast, Long Beach
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Born in Bulgaria, grew up in Israel, studied in Jerusalem and in France (Ph.D. in Political Science), fought in four Israeli-Arab wars (1956, 1967, 1973, 1982), spent nine years beside David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founder, became a fervent supporter of peace between Israel and her neighbors, served two terms in Parliament, Professor at Haifa University then at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, represented Israel at the Council of Europe, wrote more than 30 books and a few screenplays,won several awards including the French Academy award, the Ben-Gurion award, the International migration award and was knighted by the President of France as Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
