TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ted Gup
TI  - A Secret Gift
SN  - 9780143120001
AV  - F499.C2 
U1  - 977.162 
PY  - 2011///
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - History - U.S
N2  - "A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering  but can also foster compassion and community." -The Boston Globe  In 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
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