{"product_id":"a-world-gone-mad-gretel-timan-9798902520504","title":"A World Gone Mad: The True Story of Surviving a Dictatorship (New Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis autobiography is told through the eyes of a child growing into a teen from the last gasping thousand-year empire of Hitler into the equally evil government of East Germany, a life that had no normal childhood and a life of tears and fear and no future. Only being allowed to migrate to the US at age twenty-one changed the author's life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGretel Timan grew up in East Germany and struggled with discrimination and restriction because her father was a \"capitalist.\" She had contact with her American aunt, and worst, she refused to join the Soviet-German friendship. In 1957, she emigrated to the US, and her life changed dramatically. In her words, she became a \"butterfly.\" She now lives in North Carolina and is forever grateful to be allowed to live in freedom and democracy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gretel Timan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798902520504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gretel Timan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Gretel Timan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447344509183,"sku":"9798902520504","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6597ecb-bb7b-429e-ac98-3b155900aab9.jpg?v=1777230476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-world-gone-mad-gretel-timan-9798902520504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}