Julie Metz: Eva and Eve—A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind

Meryl chats with Julie Metz about her memoir, Eva and Eve, which chronicles her research journey to discover her mother’s hidden past in Nazi-occupied Austria. They also discuss how researching and writing about her mother’s experience has impacted her own life and the life of her family. Julie Metz is the author of PERFECTION, a New York Times bestseller. Her latest release is EVA AND EVE: A SEARCH FOR MY MOTHER'S LOST CHILDHOOD AND WHAT A WAR LEFT BEHIND. Julie has written for publications including The New York Times, Dame, and Salon and her essays have appeared in THE MOMENT and THE HOUSE THAT MADE ME. She lives with her family in the Hudson Valley. Author Website: www.juliemetz.com/ Julie’s Substack: considerthespider.substack.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/juliemetzwriter/ Bookshop.org bookshop.org/p/books/eva-and-ev…K3u0gaAgHqEALw_wcB People of the Book is a copyrighted work of Meryl Ain and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network. Website: merylain.com/ #AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #PeopleOfTheBookPodcastWithMerylAin #PeopleOfTheBook #JulieMetz #Memoir #EvaAndEve #KeepsakeBook #Holocaust #LeoBaeckInstitute #Vienna #Austria #ResearchJourney #USHolocaustMuseum #YadVaShem #Archive #ImmigrantStory #ThreeGenerationsOfWomen #GenerationalNarrative #Antisemitism #RiseOfHitler #Nazis #VienneseJews #Resilience #SurvivalOfFamily #Mother’sLegacy #LostChildhood #MothersHiddenPast #MerylAin #TheTakeawayMen #ShadowsWeCarry #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead #PeopleOfTheBookPodcast