![]() ![]() Marie Benedict's The Other Einstein was a fascinating read, and one that is significantly adding to my TBR pile-with nonfiction, for a change! (Lots of great suggestions in the author's note at the end-thanks, Ms. Maric a great tribute by telling the story of her inspiring accomplishments instead of creating a work that is total fiction. Benedict did not need to "make up ideas" about what happened (the idea for which the book is based has been proven untrue). ![]() Benedict's disregard for the facts over and over in this story made it difficult for me. In the book she leads us to believe that Albert Einstein showed no interest in his first child, But if you read his letter dates he states "what kind of little eyes does she have? Whom of us two does she resemble more? Who is giving her milk? Is she hungry? I love her so much & I don't even know her yet! Couldn't she be photographed once you are totally healthy again?." Those are not the word of a man who is bitter for having fathered a child. ![]() If you follow the author's instructions and look up the Einstein papers at Princeton you will find the that the author has reinvented history to match what she would like it to be and not as it was. ![]()
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