The Only Woman in the Room

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Includes a reading group guide on (pages 252-254).
Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But Hedy is keeping a secret even more shocking than her Jewish heritage: she is a scientist. She has an idea that might help the country and that might ease her guilt for escaping alone -- if anyone will listen to her. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.

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Only submitted by Clown81 on August 31, 2019, 8:34pm Woman.

Eye opening! submitted by barbfoster on March 30, 2022, 3:08pm Who knew a glamorous movie star from the 1040's could have such depths! Excellent story, well told.

Good Book submitted by kencza on June 11, 2023, 8:23am A very enjoyable historical fiction that filled in some blanks about Hedy and what motivated her to achieve her goals.