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City of Women by David Gillham
June 1, 2013 hahnco1st	1 Comment
Listened to David describe his new novel at R J Julia Booksellers in Madison CT this evening. Can't think of a better way to spend a Friday night. I go to quite a few of these,thanks to Roxanne Coady and her amazing staff at this iconic store on the Eastern CT Shoreline. RJJ is a state treasure and a shining example for independent booksellers across the country on how to keep the big A at bay, it's all about branding and service. They deserve our support.
David Gillham was wonderful. Very articulate as he described his book and the research that went in to it.
The story takes place in 1943 at the height of the 2nd world war in Berlin. The lead character, Ingrid, is faced with a serious moral dilemma that would shatter her life if she made the wrong decision at a critical moment when faced with arrest and imprisonment by SS officers.
The title stems from life in Berlin in those years. The men were at the Eastern Front fighting Russians while the women stayed home fighting a humdrum existence as wives and lovers waiting for the war to end.
Berlin was a City of Women!
Interestingly, David Gillham writes from a woman's point of view (POV), bringing intuitive insight to that forever complex subject.
My book, UNDER THE SKIN, is also written from a woman's point of view. Listening to David was like going to school.
City of Women is a great read.
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Barbara Anne Ashley says:
I am so happy to have your commentary, it is literate, balanced and timely. You discuss topics that interest me, and I can't wait to read both books.
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In Under the Skin, a brutal African dictator is challenged by two young women from different worlds: Maggie Kincaid, born to wealth and privilege in New York, and Nabby Kibugu, born to poverty and obscurity in the African bush. Their unlikely friendship sparks a fiery political drama with the potential to upend the leadership of a country and change the lives of millions.
Maggie is working as an intern for an American company in Uganda when she meets longtime pen pal Nabby. She becomes ensnarled in a clandestine political campaign to elect Nabby as the first female president of Uganda. The women risk everything as they take on a corrupt, abusive government. In a startling move, they decide to enlist the improbable help of a notorious warlord, and it's anyone's guess as to whether their dangerous gamble will pay off.
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Nick Hahn started his career as a writer while a student at the University of Notre Dame. He went on to become President and CEO of New York-based Cotton Incorporated (Cotton, The Fabric of Our Lives). Leaving Cotton in 1997, he formed Hahn International, LTD, an agribusiness consulting group focused on the Third World. For fourteen years, Nick has lived and worked among indigenous peoples from Africa to Latin America, his travel diaries often reflecting social and political unrest. Under the Skin is his first novel.
Nick is married with four children and six grandchildren. He makes his home in rural eastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound, where he writes and narrates audiobooks.
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