A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Kindness of Strangers by Salka Viertel

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad tense

4.0

Fascinating memoir of a theatrical life in the latter days of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and then in early Hollywood. One could make a great movie centered around the road trip Salka takes with a young companion at the end, carrying suitcases full of letters from her earlier life--flashbacks to those times. The finale would be her tussle with the anti-Communist faction. What a lot one could show through this woman's contacts and experiences!