{"product_id":"a-secret-gift-how-one-mans-kindness-and-a-trove-of-letters-revealed-the-hidden-history-of-t-he-great-depression-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Gup\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eNation of Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor and chair of the journalism department at Emerson College. A former investigative reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, he has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Newsweek, GQ, Slate\u003c\/i\u003e, and Salon.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923914264850,"sku":"9780143120001","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25b14253-c978-4971-bc5c-458cac2b9e9b.jpg?v=1738964852","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-secret-gift-how-one-mans-kindness-and-a-trove-of-letters-revealed-the-hidden-history-of-t-he-great-depression-9780143120001","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}