I KISS YOUR HANDS MANY TIMES Hearts, Souls, and Wars in Hungary

The author narrates this blend of family, history, and politics, infusing it with intimate personal feeling. Her intensity matches the story of lovers separated by WWII, the reach of the Nazi empire, and the pain of postwar Europe. Szegedy-Maszak tells the facts of her parents' romance with vigor and a novel's trajectory. Her precise diction and enunciation as well as her measured pace give life to rich descriptions of relatives, settings, and events. The author does her powerful, female-centric book justice. M.R. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2014]