House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family by Hadley Freeman

House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family

Hadley Freeman

464 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced

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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, fashionab...

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informative 80%
emotional 77%
reflective 66%
inspiring 52%
sad 52%
challenging 33%
dark 33%
hopeful 22%
adventurous 11%
tense 8%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 69%
slow 22%
fast 8%

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