{"product_id":"a-secret-gift-how-one-mans-kindness-and-a-trove-of-letters-revealed-the-hidden-history-of-the-great-depression-9780143120001","title":"A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ted Gup\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn hard economic times like these, readers will find bestselling author Ted Gup's unique book uplifting as well as captivating. Inside a suitcase kept in his mother's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408458375319,"sku":"9780143120001","price":2155.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143120001.webp?v=1767309941","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-secret-gift-how-one-mans-kindness-and-a-trove-of-letters-revealed-the-hidden-history-of-the-great-depression-9780143120001","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}