My Life (Golda Meir autobiography)

My Life

First US edition
Author	Golda Meir
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Autobiography
Publisher	G. P. Putnam's Sons (US) Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK)
Publication date	1973
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	396
ISBN	0-399-11669-9
OCLC	11866342
Dewey Decimal	956.94/05/0924 B
LC Class	DS126.6.M42 A37 1975

My Life is the autobiography of the first female Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir. The book was first published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with the title A Land of our own^[1] and later by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1975.^[2] The first German translation was published 1973 by the Scherz Verlag in Bern.^[3]

Reception

The book became a New York Times best-seller.^[4] The title has the double-entendre of a life story and a well-known Jewish expression. The book was well received by Kirkus Reviews who described the book as "both frank and very revealing of her personality and goals. Her total lack of pretense is especially winning. Meir's practical idealism can be seen in efforts as diverse as the beautification of kibbutzim and her strong advocacy of unemployment benefits. The work that 'most concerned and interested me,' she writes, was 'the translation of socialist principles into the down-to-earth terminology of everyday life.' Although the political events narrated are well known they are recounted with drama and spirit. Don't mistake this for just chicken soup with riposte-noodles: it's a model of its kind and a sure crowd-pleaser."^[5]

Contents

List of illustrations ix

• 1. My childhood (1)
• 2. A political adolescence (16)
• 3. I choose Palestine (36)
• 4. The start of a new life (56)
• 5. Pioneers and problems (77)
• 6. 'We shall fight Hitler' (103)
• 7. The struggle against the British (131)
• 8. We have our state (164)
• 9. Minister to Moscow (201)
• 10. The right to exist (234)
• 11. African and other friendships (263)
• 12. We are alone (291)
• 13. The prime minister (318)
• 14. The Yom Kippur War (353)
• 15. The end of the road (382)

Index (391)

References