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Canan Yetmen began her career as an Editorial Assistant in the English department of Prestel Books in Munich, Germany, where she worked with editors and authors to facilitate publication of exhibition catalogues and artist monographs. She then worked as a freelance German translator and book researcher focusing on art history and architecture texts.
While at Prestel and as a freelancer she worked on titles including Kandinsky, Watercolors and Drawings, edited by Vivian Barnett and Armin Zweite; Clyfford Still, edited by Thomas Kellein; and Architecture in Transition, edited by Peter Noever. She also completed bibliographical research for Keith Haring, edited by Germano Celant; and Josef Hoffman Designs, edited by Peter Noever; she was credited as a translator on Christo: The Reichstag and Urban Projects, edited by Jacob Baal-Teshuva.
Between 1994 and 2001 Canan was Associate Publisher and Publisher of Texas Architect magazine; she directed marketing and business management of the magazine as well as public outreach and communications efforts for the 5,000-member Texas Society of Architects (TSA). She was also responsible for the statewide TSA Design Awards program and TSA convention communications.
Her first book, The Owner’s Dilemma: Driving Success and Innovation in the Design and Construction Industry co-written with Barbara White Bryson, was published by Ostberg Design Library in August 2010. The Roses Underneath is her first novel.
Reviewed by Rebecca Carrico for Readers' Favorite
In 1945, after Germany surrendered, the American army sent soldiers there, but not to fight. Their job was to find art stolen by the Nazis and return it to the rightful owners. They were also sent to rebuild German monuments, thus they were called the Monument Men. Anna Klein, separated from her husband by the war, is trying to support herself and her young daughter. She is hired by the Americans to type forms at the Collecting Point where the recovered art is being stored.
An American Captain, Henry Cooper, recruits her to be his translator. While searching for stolen art, they find a stash in the cellar of a villa outside of town. They also find a little boy hiding inside. He denies any knowledge of the art, but they feel he knows more than he is telling them. Instead of leaving him there as he wants, they take him to a displacement camp to be cared for. Captain Cooper does not report the find right away which gets them both in trouble with the army officials. A costly painting is stolen from the stash and they try to find the thief which puts them both in danger. Can they succeed? Will Anna be reunited with her husband? These are just a few of the questions answered at the end of the book.
The Roses Underneath by C. F. Yetmen is a great read! The subject is intriguing, and based on true incidents in history. It is a well written historical mystery that gives us a glimpse of what life must have been like in post-war Germany.
