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“A good looking reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but too can foster compassion and community.” –The Boston Globe
In hard economic times like these, readers will find bestselling creator Ted Gup’s unique book uplifting in addition to captivating. Within a suitcase kept in his mother’s attic, Gup came upon letters written to his grandfather in keeping with an ad placed in a Canton, Ohio, newspaper in 1933 that offered cash to seventy-five families facing a devastating Christmas. The creator travels coast to coast to unveil the lives at the back of the letters, describing a range of hardships and recreating in his research the hopes and suffering of Depression-era Americans, whilst he uncovers the name of the game life led by the grandfather he thought he knew.