Weekend Deviation – Two Books, Two Eras, One Girl

Travelling before Christmas I was grabbing airplane reads on the run. First I picked up a book, Philip Sington’s The Einstein Girl. To be honest it’s a little slow and I was hoping for more detail and atmosphere as it’s set in 1930s Germany. Anyway, I liked the cover:

Then I wandered into a bookstore and picked up Elizabeth Wilson’s War Damage – better and set in post-war London and austerity Britain. Imagine my surprise though when the Einstein Girl suddenly pops up again on the cover of War Damage having moved, presumably, from pre-war Berlin to post-war Britain. Busy lady!

PS: the image of the girl on the cover of both books is by the fantastic American photographer Toni Frissell. the original is indeed a shot from London as witnessed by the copper in the background at a British railway station.