{"product_id":"the-accidental-caregiver-how-i-met-loved-and-lost-legendary-holocaust-refugee-maria-altmann-9780985865405","title":"The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Accidental Caregiver: Part II will be released in Spring 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe life story of Maria Altmann inspired the 2015 film \"Woman in Gold\" starring Helen Mirren.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen thirty-two-year-old actor Gregor Collins reluctantly interviewed for a job as a caregiver more out of a favor to a friend - he had no idea his life was about to change forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeconds into a chance meeting in 2008 with, it would turn out, a world-renowned Holocaust refugee named Maria Altmann, there was an unexplainable magic in the air - it felt as if they had already met. And Collins was suddenly thrown into a situation with which he had never before been confronted: caring for someone other than himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregor offers us a personal and unprecedented look at Maria over the three intimate years he cared for her - her thrilling escape from the Nazis, her fight and subsequent win in the landmark Supreme Court Case to return original Gustav Klimt artwork that belonged to her family in Austria, and the extraordinary people she met along the way. But the real heart of the story transcends mere historical fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a refreshingly raw portrayal of their unlikely and unbreakable bond, imbued with humorous, candid anecdotes about his mercurial relationship with Hollywood, Gregor takes us on a deeply emotional journey of how he opened up his heart to a 92-year-old woman in need - and in turn experienced the love he had been searching for his entire life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7670113\"\u003eGregor Collins\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloch-Bauer Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985865405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0985865407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGregor is an actor, author, screenwriter, and film and television producer living in Los Angeles. After graduating from Florida State University in 2000 with a BA degree in Communication, he drove to Los Angeles and began working as a production assistant for a start-up TV show called \u003ci\u003eBlind Date.\u003c\/i\u003e He has since produced an array of reality television shows and independent films, and performed critically acclaimed lead roles in the features \u003ci\u003eNight Before the Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Promise.\u003c\/i\u003e He currently writes for Cinema Editor Magazine and is in production on a film he co-wrote called \u003ci\u003eA Good Day to Die\u003c\/i\u003e starring Cloris Leachman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloch-Bauer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832785862795,"sku":"9780985865405","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_b74c04fe-3de8-438f-b5d1-7b9f972f3087.jpg?v=1755622808","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-accidental-caregiver-how-i-met-loved-and-lost-legendary-holocaust-refugee-maria-altmann-9780985865405","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}