Frederick Kohner

Presents the coming-of-age story of Franzie, a California girl who learns how to surf from the guys at the beach at Malibu in 1957.

Gidget

The world of surfing in Malibu in the 1950s belonged exclusively to men, but Kathy Kohner - nicknamed Gidget for her short stature - decided to make her way in it: new friendships, first love experiences and an immense passion for surfing. Based on a true story and written by her own father, Gidget is a provocative narrative about adolescence, profusely sprinkled with the slang of its time, which over the years has created its own cultural imaginary and has turned its protagonist into a legend of the female surfing and the heroine of an entire generation.

Cher Papa

Ruth Brooks Flippen

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

Gidget goes to Rome, etc

Gidget in Love

Gidget Goes Parisienne

Gidget Goes New York

Wie fühlt es sich an, frei zu sein? Ein Sommer unter der Sonne Malibus, strahlend blauer Himmel und ein junges Mädchen, das von den Wellen magnetisch angezogen wird: Das ist die Geschichte von Kathy alias Gidget, die die Wellen, das salzige Meer, den Strand und die Freiheit nicht den »Jungs« überlassen, sondern sich den großen Traum erfüllen will, selbst auf dem Brett zu stehen. Ein atemberaubender Sommer voller Träume, Abenteuer, sandiger Erdnussbuttersandwiches und erster Verliebtheit beginnt, in dem Gidget entgegen aller Widerstände ihrer größten Leidenschaft folgt - dem Surfen. Frederick Kohner, jüdischer Emigrant und Hollywoodgröße, Zeitgenosse von Anna Seghers und Thomas Mann, verleiht der wahren Geschichte seiner geliebten Tochter Kathy, die als eine der ersten Surferinnen zur Ikone der weltweiten Surfkultur wurde, eine hinreißende Stimme: Gidget. Mein Sommer in Malibu ist ein moderner Klassiker, ein ikonischer Roman, das Geschenk eines Vaters an seine Tochter. Es ist die Geschichte eines paradiesischen Sommers, eine Geschichte über Leichtigkeit, Freiheit und darüber, wie man sich nicht an die Regeln hält.

Roman

Gidget. Mein Sommer in Malibu

Karl Otto von Czernicki

Der Zauberer vom Sunset Boulevard [The magician, dt.] Ein Leben zwischen Film u

Hanna Kohner

Walter Kohner

"One of the happiest of the few happy endings the Holocaust allowed. Their extraordinary story [is told] in alternating first-person chapters that create suspense grim authenticity and impact." -Los Angeles Times "This incredible true-life story is simply but compellingly written and so intriguing it has to be read in one sitting." -Booklist Hanna Bloch and Walter Kohner met in a small Czech town in 1935. She was fifteen, a romantic who planned to move to the big city. He was twenty and dreamed of being an actor. They ice skated; they danced; they hiked in the mountains; they fell in love. The political climate was rapidly changing and they had heard stories about the Nazis, but Hanna and Walter believed that Czechoslovakia was safe. They didn't realize just how invasive the Nazi command could be or how deeply it would change their lives. Eventually they fled. Walter immigrated to the United States and joined the U.S. military. Initially, Hanna worked in Amsterdam, but she was later rounded up by the Nazis and shuffled to four different concentration camps. Hanna and Walter not only preserves one couple's memories, but also delivers a powerful personal account of the Holocaust and its atrocities. And it serves as testament that love can prevail over seemingly impossible odds.

A Love Story

Hanna and Walter

Frederick Kohner

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