Ruth Gruber: 7 books
Collected Memoirs
Ahead of Time, Haven, and Inside of Time
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Three poignant and powerful memoirs from the award-winning journalist, human rights advocate, and “fearless chronicler of the Jewish struggle” (The New York Times).
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for her biography of the pioneering Israeli nurse, Raquela Prywes, Ruth Gruber lived...
Witness
One of the Great Correspondents of the Twentieth Century Tells Her Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
With her perfect memory (and plenty of zip), ninety-five-year-old Ruth Gruber–adventurer, international correspondent, photographer, maker of (and witness to) history, responsible for rescuing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees during World War II and after–tells her story in her own words...
Virginia Woolf
The Will to Create as a Woman
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
This groundbreaking study of the work and legacy of Virginia Woolf is also an account of the intertwined lives of two extraordinary women.
In 1932, Ruth Gruber earned her PhD—the youngest person ever to do so—with a stunning doctoral dissertation on Virginia Woolf. Published in 1935,...
Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America
The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The powerful story of a top-secret mission to rescue one thousand European refugees in the midst of the Second World War
In 1943, nearly one thousand European refugees from eighteen different countries set out on a journey for asylum in the United States. Accompanying them was Ruth...
Ahead of Time: My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent
My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The early life and trailblazing career of one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable female journalists
In this fascinating memoir, Ruth Gruber recalls her first twenty-five years, from her youth in Brooklyn to her astonishing academic accomplishments and groundbreaking journalistic career....
Inside of Time
My Journey from Alaska to Israel
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The intrepid journalist and Holocaust refugee champion “gives a commonplace appeal to the momentous events with her ingenuous storytelling” (Kirkus Reviews).
Drawing from hundreds of notebooks accumulated throughout her career, Gruber’s breathtaking memoir spans some of the most significant...
Raquela
A Woman of Israel
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A National Jewish Book Award–winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel’s statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse.
During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on the...