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'A Family History of Smoking is a compelling memoir about two European families living through the last gasps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From great-grandfather David, who saw his family's fortunes decline with the gradual rise of anti-Semitism, to the ultra-modern, glamorous mother who held her family together through World War II, Andrew Riemer paints a beautiful portrait of a now vanished world that literally went up in smoke.
'Set against the backdrop of the tumult of early twentieth-century Europe, A Family History of Smoking is full of eccentric characters, literary anecdotes and historical drama, and is a moving tribute to a family, its strength and its stories.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Elegiac and Original
2009
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— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 53 no. 1-2 2009; (p. 124-125)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
Lighting Up
2008
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 303 2008; (p. 39-40)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
Wounded Souls Survive Again
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 3 no. 6 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography ; Destined to Live : One Woman's War, Life, Loves Remembered 2008 single work autobiography -
A Look Through History's Smoky Lens
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 23 May vol. 73 no. 36 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
How to Survive Change While the Smoke Clears
2008
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 22 June 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography
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Wisps of an Era Exterminated
2008
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— Appears in: The Age , 10 May 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
Books Non-Fiction
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 - 11 May 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
War Child Smokes Out His Family's Lost Past
2008
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 May 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
Dynasty Dying for a Cigarette
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 35)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography -
Tales from the Ashes of Europe
2008
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 June 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of A Family History of Smoking 2008 single work autobiography
Awards
- 2008 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Non-Fiction Prize
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