When History Is Personal

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When History Is Personal accommodates the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartz’s life, every heightened by its connection to historical, political, and social issues. These essays look both inward and outward in order that these individualized tales tell a bigger story—of assimilation, the ladies’s movement, racism, anti-Semitism, end-of-life issues, ethics in writing, digital and company challenges, and courtroom justice.

A shrewd and discerning storyteller, Schwartz captures history from her vantage as a kid of German-Jewish immigrants, a wife of over fifty years, a breast cancer survivor, a working mother, a traveler, a tennis player, a daughter, and a widow. In adding her personal story to the bigger narrative of history, culture, and politics, Schwartz invites readers to believe her personal take alongside “official” histories and provides readers fresh assessments of our collective past.
 

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