Art of a Jewish Woman

A son's story of his mother's life from a child in Poland to Paris and beyond, landing in the US. A Jew in Poland in the years leading up to the WWI, she was able to get educated and escape the worst of the war though she still bore scars from the persecution of her family still left in Poland. She eventually married a good man who provided well in, living in St. Louis, became a well-know woman who had developed expertise in modern art. But she could never escape the past which was always in her mind and affected her life. The son wrote the story based on his mother's reminiscences and that story is fascinating. However, too much time is spent on her son's own thoughts and interpretations of her life which was redundant and took away from the story of his mother. If her story was not as interesting as it was, I would not have continued to read the book as the style of writing was not compelling me to read on. As it was, I skimmed over much of the last half just to read the grit of Felice's life.