Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen, Luca Dotti – foreword
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Dutch Girl
- Audrey Hepburn and World War II
- By: Robert Matzen, Luca Dotti – foreword
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
Publisher’s Summary
Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. According to her son, Luca Dotti, “The war made my mother who she was.”
Audrey Hepburn’s war included participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor’s assistant during the “Bridge Too Far” battle of Arnhem, the brutal execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of 1944. She also had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi for the first two years of the occupation. But the war years also brought triumphs as Audrey became Arnhem’s most famous young ballerina.
Audrey’s own reminiscences, new interviews with people who knew her in the war, wartime diaries, and research in classified Dutch archives shed light on the riveting, untold story of Audrey Hepburn under fire in World War II.
Also included is a section of color and black-and-white photos. Many of these images are from Audrey’s personal collection and are published here for the first time.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Robert Matzen (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Jacqueline Benz
An enlightened insight of the horrors that happened to the Dutch in WW 2
This is more of a documentary, many people contributed and so although we get quotes of what Audrey said it’s very much a collaboration. I thoroughly enjoyed it regardless.
Jacqui
Tracey
Disappointing
The voice of the narrator spoilt the book for me. She had a weird accent that I’ve never heard before. It was so forceful. The way she pronounced the correct way of saying the towns and people etc was too hard to understand. She could have just said them in English. The way the novel swapped between years back and forth was confusing. And why do we need to know the exact address including street numbers etc of where people lived and moved to. I did listen to the audio sample and didn’t really like the narrators voice but I really wanted to hear about Audrey’s life. Next time I will read the book.