{"product_id":"a-secret-gift-ted-gup-9780143120001","title":"A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--And a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of T He Great Depression","description":"\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Gup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 014312000X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Ted Gup","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046955118847,"sku":"9780143120001","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7ac00f7-a4eb-4d63-84b9-3fecb2b94487.jpg?v=1684987449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-secret-gift-ted-gup-9780143120001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}