{"product_id":"the-leopard-hat-valerie-steiker-9780375726200","title":"The Leopard Hat: A Daughter's Story","description":"In this tender loving memoir, Valerie Steiker evokes a magical childhood on the Upper East side of New York with a woman whose own losses led her to delight in family, beauty and life itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eValerie Steiker's Belgian Jewish mother, Gisèle--who, as a child in Antwerp, was hidden from the Nazis--wasn't a typical American mom. She spoke with throaty Belgian \u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003es and wore only high heels. Before her marriage, she had studied acting with Lee Strasburg and been a model in Mexico. With her vitality and elegance, she created a joyous childhood for Valerie and her sister. Together they tangoed through their vibrant Manhattan apartment, took in great art, and shared \"women's hidden secrets.\" Gisèle's premature death left Valerie (at the time a junior at Harvard) unmoored, but in grieving and in finding her own path to womanhood, Valerie would ultimately grow to understand Gisèle more profoundly than she ever had as a child. Beautifully evocative of a glamourous and now-vanished world, \u003cb\u003eThe Leopard Hat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary memoir about the warm and indelible bond between mother and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Steiker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375726209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375726200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.15w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 36","brand":"Valerie Steiker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457673834751,"sku":"9780375726200","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5dec7fd-aba0-425b-844e-c8472786b769.jpg?v=1777400407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-leopard-hat-valerie-steiker-9780375726200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}