Bøker av Hadley Freeman

Etter farmoren Sala Glass' bortgang, finner journalist Hadley Freeman en skoeske med noen av hennes aller kjæreste eiendeler. For barnebarnet Hadley var hun et stort mysterium, og med skoesken starter en reise som skal vare i nesten to tiår, reisen for å finne ut hvem Sala og hennes tre brødre egentlig var. Denne reisen tar henne fra Picassos arkiver i Paris til et lite hus på landsbygda i Auvergne, Long Island og Auschwitz. Ved hjelp av brev, fotografier og en upublisert selvbiografi får Freeman for første gang frem hele historien til søsknene i familien Glass: storebror Alex med sin fortid som moteskaper og venn av Dior og Chagall, den patriotiske og modige Jacques og den glitrende Henri som skjulte seg i det okkuperte Frankrike - hver av dem gikk til usedvanlige skritt for å overleve. Freeman oppdager også at mens grandonklene handlet tappert i Vichy-regjeringens Frankrike, foretok farmoren et like heltemodig, men mer privat type offer - av det slaget kvinner ofte gjør. Vi følger den jødiske familien Glass over et helt århundre, fra de flykter fra pogromer og fattige kår i Polen på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet og søker seg til et bedre liv i Paris, andre verdenskrig og tiden etterpå. Underveis utforskes evige spørsmål rundt assimilasjon, identitet, hjem og tilhørighet. Den jødiske familien Glass åpner døren til fortiden, og lyset skinner skarpt ut over nåtiden.

The Sunday Times bestseller 'An utterly engrossing book' Nigella Lawson 'Remarkable and gripping' Edmund de Waal 'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century ... I don't hesitate to call it a masterpiece' Telegraph After her grandmother died, Hadley Freeman travelled to her apartment to try and make sense of a woman she'd never really known. Sala Glass was a European expat in America - defiantly clinging to her French influences, famously reserved, fashionable to the end - yet to Hadley much of her life remained a mystery. Sala's experience of surviving one of the most tumultuous periods in modern history was never spoken about. When Hadley found a shoebox filled with her grandmother's treasured belongings, it started a decade-long quest to find out their haunting significance and to dig deep into the extraordinary lives of Sala and her three brothers. The search takes Hadley from Picasso's archives in Paris to a secret room in a farmhouse in Auvergne to Long Island and to Auschwitz. By piecing together letters, photos and an unpublished memoir, Hadley brings to life the full story of the Glass siblings for the first time: Alex's past as a fashion couturier and friend of Dior and Chagall; trusting and brave Jacques, a fierce patriot for his adopted country; and the brilliant Henri who hid in occupied France - each of them made extraordinary bids for survival during the Second World War. And alongside her great-uncles' extraordinary acts of courage in Vichy France, Hadley discovers her grandmother's equally heroic but more private form of female self-sacrifice. A moving memoir following the Glass siblings throughout the course of the twentieth-century as they each make their own bid for survival, House of Glass explores assimilation, identity and home - issues that are deeply relevant today. This audiobook includes an exclusive interview between Hadley Freeman and her editor, in which they discuss the themes of the book and illuminate further on some of the extraordinary events detailed within.

Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s - why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever.

Hadley Freeman, Guardian features writer and author of the popular 'Ask Hadley...' column, reminds the modern lady to 'Be Awesome'.'Being single is often awesome. You can leave a party when you want to, whether that be 9pm or 9am; you don't have to live in fear of ever hearing yourself described as "e;my better half"e;; and you can spend all day lying on the sofa in your pajamas watching "e;Murder She Wrote"e; and eating peanut butter straight out of the jar'Covering topics vital for any modern woman to consider (from 'How to read women's magazines without wanting to grow a penis' to 'Beyond the armpit: a guide to being a modern day feminist'), 'Be Awesome' tackles body image, sex, dating and feminism head on.With an attitude that is unfalteringly funny, smart and surprisingly heartwarming, Hadley Freeman is a voice of sanity that every woman should hear.

Separates the nonsense from the fabulous and shows that falling in love with an It bag doesn't mean you have the IQ of an It girl. This book shows how to wear shorts without looking like an extra in "Hamlet", what to spend money on, and what not to, and why only harpists should wear velvet.