Laura Kean Zametkin (19 June, 1900 – 28 February, 1986) was an American novelist. Daughter of Jewish socialist immigrants, she graduated from Cornell University. On 23 July 1930, she married Francis Thayer Hobson, owner of William Morrow and Company. In 1934, she joined the promotional staff of Time, Life, and Fortune. In 1935, her marriage ended in divorce. In 1937, she decided to adopt a baby. She became pregnant in 1941, raising both children on her own. After 1940 she devoted hers... המשך לקרוא