Eva and Eve

2G—Second Generation—and the Persistence of Memory

As a representative of the Second Generation, that is, the children of survivors, my perspective is that of growing up in a home where a parent was still living with the memory of Nazi terror. more

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

Moms Don’t Have Time to…or Do They?

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Despite the name of her podcast and well-followed Instagram feed, somehow Zibby Owens manages to do everything! while raising several children! I bow down. more

Thank you for being a guest on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books with Zibby Owens

MEET THE CREATOR on BESPOKE TV

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In this interview you will really get a sense of three very different creative lives, and how they begin and evolve in the most unexpected ways. more

Connections

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One of the most rewarding things about my writing life is making connections with other authors and they often happen in the most curious ways. I met Danielle Trussoni some years ago through a series of serendipitous events. more

Scarsdale Public Library and Dobbs Ferry Public Library logos with headshots of authors Julie Metz and Daniuelle Trussoni, with their respective book covers

Eva and Eve in these Times

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For those of you just joining me here, I am the daughter of a Holocaust refugee and I am about to publish Eva and Eve, a book that tells the story of how her family escaped from Nazi Austria … more

Poesie Album - the keepsake book that sparked Metz's interest

Random Connections May Not Be So Random

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In 2012, I visited Vienna with my daughter. I went to visit my mother’s childhood home but was not able to access the inside. more

A Stolpersteine (“stumblestone”) plaque outside the building to honor a former inhabitant of the building who had been deported to Dachau and murdered in April 1938.

Recreating a Lost Childhood in Vienna

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From my first trip to Vienna in 1980 I never forgot the gargoyle over the imposing front door. I took this photo when I visited Vienna for the second time in 2012.
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From Metz's first trip to Vienna in 1980, the gargoyle over the front door.

You Can Write About What You Don’t Know

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My first book Perfection was all about events that happened to me. But by the end of the writing process I had taken a forensic approach to understanding my marriage and was in unknown territory writing about what I didn’t … more

Welcome!

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This is where I will share stories about my continuing research and writing process for Eva and Eve, to be published by Atria/Simon& Schuster. I know a lot of people who have contacted me on Facebook are also writers … more

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