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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II
by Robert Matzen
* NetGalley provided me with an advanced e-copy of Dutch Girl in exchange for an honest review.
"But Audrey - that was a different story. Ella was determind that he own daughter would not be forbidden; she would be encouraged, funded, and promoted. So yes, Ella lived the life of a stage mother, unashamedly so, and yes, Ella put Audrey up on the stage at the Schouwburg in the Mozart tableau."
I felt so terrible about Dutch Girl. I just could not finish it. I started it over a month ago, yet I always seemed to stay at one point in the book. I didn't make it past 50%. I think there were three things that did it for me:
1. The novel itself.
I thought this was going to be a historical fiction going in. I didn't realize that Dutch Girl was a biography of Audrey Hepburn's life. Already, I was super disappointed going in because of that.
2. The details.
Generally, I enjoy almost superfluous amounts of detail in books. Not in this. Every page was filled with excessive detail, for any book. I was skipping pages full of details because there was just so many.
3. The lack of information about Audrey.
Obviously, I didn't get through Dutch Girl in its entirety, so there may have been a lot more about Ms. Hepburn later in the book. However, I could not find much. For most of the time, Matzen was talking about Ella (Audrey's mother) and her ties to Hitler and Nazism, as well as the occupied Netherlands/Arnhem. While there were parts that talked more about Audrey's dancing, there wasn't enough in my mind, considering the book was about her.
"But Audrey - that was a different story. Ella was determind that he own daughter would not be forbidden; she would be encouraged, funded, and promoted. So yes, Ella lived the life of a stage mother, unashamedly so, and yes, Ella put Audrey up on the stage at the Schouwburg in the Mozart tableau."
I felt so terrible about Dutch Girl. I just could not finish it. I started it over a month ago, yet I always seemed to stay at one point in the book. I didn't make it past 50%. I think there were three things that did it for me:
1. The novel itself.
I thought this was going to be a historical fiction going in. I didn't realize that Dutch Girl was a biography of Audrey Hepburn's life. Already, I was super disappointed going in because of that.
2. The details.
Generally, I enjoy almost superfluous amounts of detail in books. Not in this. Every page was filled with excessive detail, for any book. I was skipping pages full of details because there was just so many.
3. The lack of information about Audrey.
Obviously, I didn't get through Dutch Girl in its entirety, so there may have been a lot more about Ms. Hepburn later in the book. However, I could not find much. For most of the time, Matzen was talking about Ella (Audrey's mother) and her ties to Hitler and Nazism, as well as the occupied Netherlands/Arnhem. While there were parts that talked more about Audrey's dancing, there wasn't enough in my mind, considering the book was about her.