One Eye Laughing, The Other Eye Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss is a fictional diary written by Barry Denenberg for Scholastic's Dear America. It is his third book for the series and the twentieth entry overall. The book was published in October 2000 and was followed by Sherry Garland's Valley of the Moon.
Dedication[]
- "I'll never write a book good enough for Jean, so this will have to do."
Book description[]
- "Sunday, February 20, 1938
At one o'clock today, Radio Vienna broadcast Hitler's speech from Berlin. It was the first time they've ever broadcast one of his speeches. He has an Austrian accent, which shouldn't surprise me since he was born here.
There must have been a lot of people because you could hear them all shouting SIEG HEIL, SIEG HEIL, when he arrived....
Although he sounded crude, there is something about the way he speaks that makes you listen. It was like when I'm on the Ferris wheel at the Prater and I look down even though I know I shouldn't because I'll be scared."
Plot[]
Epilogue[]
Historical Note[]
Characters[]
- Main article: List of One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping characters
Author[]
- Main article: Barry Denenberg
Barry Denenberg is an American author whom primarily writes historical fiction and nonfiction. He is the author five Dear America books, two My Name Is America, and one in The Royal Diaries series.
Acknowledgements[]
- "The author would like to thank Amy Griffin for her sensitive editorial work, and Chris Kearin and his fellow "book people" for their help."
Notes[]
- The portrait on the cover is a c. 1938 photograph of Holocaust survivor Liesl Joseph-Loeb from Gordan Thomas's 1974 book Voyage of the Damned. The background is a photograph depicting Nazi soldiers marching.[2][3]
- One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping is labeled "Special Edition," because the book was originally going to be sold in two volumes.[4]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/One-Eye-Laughing-Other-Weeping/dp/0439095182/
- ↑ One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping, Barry Denenberg, page 248
- ↑ Voyage of the Damned, Gordon Thomas, page 74
- ↑ https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/interview-barry-denenberg-about-one-eye-laughing-other-weeping/ (archive)
See also[]
External links[]
- One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping at Scholastic (archive)
- Interview with Barry Denenberg about One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping at Scholastic (archive)
- One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping Discussion Guide at Scholastic (archive)
- One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping at Teaching Books