Tory Burch shared her review of Simone Veil's memoir called 'A Life.' 'I found her life and the way she wrote about it fascinating, so I’ve been recommending her book often,' says Burch. Read her review here:
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Tory Burch is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of her titular fashion brand, Tory Burch. Burch shared her review of A Life by Simone Veil for our ongoing series of book reviews by leaders from the worlds of business, academia, entertainment and politics.It’s hard to imagine that I didn’t know about the French politician Simone Veil until she died, at 89, in 2017. But when I read her obituary, I knew I wanted to learn more. She led an extraordinary life.
Her journey is both surprising and inspiring: She was an Auschwitz survivor, but her brother and parents were killed in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. Then she trained as a lawyer and became a renegade fighter, in a Catholic country, for a woman’s right to choose She managed to win over a nation and change the course of history.
I found her life and the way she wrote about it fascinating, so I’ve been recommending her book often. It seems that everyone is used to men “making” history, and I am, of course, very interested in attempting to recalibrate that. In fact, Simone Veil is one woman who stood up for what she believed in-and in turn changed life for women in France. Even if you might not be inclined to read Veil’s memoir, I would suggest you look up her powerful speeches. They are breathtaking.
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