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Book Review of A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression

A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
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This is such an eye-opening book. From a suitcase that Ted Gup received from his mother many years later containing letters and an offer made by his grandfather during the Depression, comes an amazing picture of people's lives before, during, and after the Depression. And the author was also able to uncover truths about his own grandfather's life that had been hidden. It's a fascinating read that touches and changes you; both in how you view those years, and important attitudes that made them the 'greatest generation.'