{"product_id":"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":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49092554064099,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9780143120001-1.jpg?v=1788324867","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/ja\/products\/9780143120001","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}