Fic­tion

Run, Dar­ling

  • From the Publisher
September 1, 2025

Run, Dar­ling uncov­ers the hid­den Jew­ish his­to­ry behind one of the twen­ti­eth century’s most daz­zling myths. Long before the dia­monds, whipped blonde hair, and mul­ti­ple hus­bands, the Gabor sis­ters, Mag­da, Zsa Zsa, and Eva, were Hun­gar­i­an Jew­ish women flee­ing a Europe tip­ping toward cat­a­stro­phe. As anti­semitism hard­ened into pol­i­cy and Nazism spread across Hun­gary and its neigh­bors, the sis­ters were forced to out­run tight­en­ing bor­ders, van­ish­ing options, and the esca­lat­ing dan­ger to Jew­ish life. Sur­vival demand­ed nerve, strat­e­gy, and a genius for rein­ven­tion. In Hol­ly­wood, the Gabors trans­formed them­selves into glob­al icons of glam­our, wit, and style. What they buried was the refugee past beneath the sparkle. Run, Dar­ling reveals how dis­place­ment, Jew­ish iden­ti­ty, and wartime trau­ma shaped their pub­lic per­sonas and their relent­less pur­suit of fame, secu­ri­ty, and con­trol. Blend­ing rig­or­ous his­tor­i­cal research with the pace of a thriller, this book restores the Gabors to Jew­ish his­to­ry not as pop cul­ture icons, but as sur­vivors — women whose lives illu­mi­nate an under­ex­am­ined sto­ry of Jew­ish flight, resilience, and rein­ven­tion in the twen­ti­eth century.

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