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``A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community.`` -The Boston Globe In hard economic times like these, readers will find bestselling author Ted Gups unique book uplifting as well as captivating. Inside a suitcase kept in his mothers attic, Gup discovered letters written to his grandfather in response to an ad placed in a Canton, Ohio, newspaper in 1933 that offered cash to seventy-five families facing a devastating Christmas. The author travels coast to coast to unveil the lives behind the letters, describing a range of hardships and recreating in his research the hopes and suffering of Depression-era Americans, even as he uncovers the secret life led by the grandfather he thought he knew.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Penguin Books