Blog about Alessandro Paolo Perucci's World War II drama about a U.S. Army Nurse named Mrs. Evelyn Sternheim and her relationship to her young daughter Little Evelyn Sternheim and son Benji. This blog will take a look at the author of this novel. And also the many fascinating characters in this coming of age tale. Available on Amazon Kindle here: http://amzn.to/GLZVsA
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Gertrude Studenmeiner the Street Smart Jewish Girl
Street smart and boy crazy Gertrude Studenmeiner is a very poor jewish girl living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Thinking Evelyn Sternheim a stuck up rich girl, she teases the tomboy as "Evelyn My Jewish Princess," which is where the title of the novel derives. She is several years older than Evelyn. Gertrude lives with her jewish mother who is an out of work janitress struggling to get by.
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