Life with an Accent: One Immigrant's Quest to Belong - Softcover

Gottlieb, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989006107 ISBN 13: 9780989006101

Publisher: The Crescendo Group, 2013

Synopsis

Finding freedom after WWII is just the beginning of Frank Levy’s journey from Berlin to the Middle East to America. By the time he is 13 Frank is a pro at starting over, shifting languages and cultures, even changing his name in a life molded by events beyond his control. Yet no matter where he goes, he is always marked by his accent. In America he earns a degree in mechanical engineering, has a family and succeeds at a career in textile machinery. When Frank has it all together, fate intervenes and he must reinvent himself again. Along the way he wins an international award for sustainable technology. But with every effort he makes, a person, an experience or a story emerges from the past proving that the history any immigrant lives through matters.

About this title

About the Author:

Marilyn Gottlieb started her writing career as a columnist in Dan’s Papers on Long Island, New York. Since 1993 she has been president of The Crescendo Group, a small full- service public relations firm. Prior to starting her own company, Ms. Gottlieb was senior vice president, director of public relations for Lintas, a $1.8 billion advertising agency. Previously she was with Ogilvy & Mather, the American Association of Advertising Agencies. A past member of the Board of Advertising Women of New York and an inductee into the YWCA’s prestigious Academy of Women Achievers, she taught Public Relations at the New School University for 18 years. In 2012 Ms. Gottlieb received an MFA in Writing and Literature from Stony Brook Southampton.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Crescendo Group
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0989006107
• ISBN 13: 9780989006101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296