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One september morning, elderly ruth wesemann wakes to the sound of a parcel being delivered to her door. There, they continued the dangerous and illegal work of smuggling documents out of goerings office, and giving them to winston churchill a backbencher at the time to try to alert the world to hitlers plans for war. A brilliant narrativeevery part beautifully rendered and balancedit works as a gripping spy novelfunders prose raises the book to a different levelthis book is a wonder. Read a sample read a sample read a sample enlarge book cover audio excerpt. May 03, 2018 all that i am is anna funder s debut novel. Anna funder s exquisitely written novel, all that i am, about german jewish refugees trying to raise the alarm about hitler to a maddeningly unreceptive britain in the early 30s, resonates with particular intensity during the current coronavirus scare, which is all the more frightening for there being no safe harbor from the virus reach. Anna funders international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young german exiles who risk their lives to awaken the world to the terrifying. Anna funders exquisitely written novel, all that i am, about german jewish refugees trying to raise the alarm about hitler to a maddeningly unreceptive britain in the early 30s, resonates. What does a fictional narrative offer a reader and writer that pure history does not. All that i am is testament to some of the earliestnow forgottenheroes. Anna funder, judy bennett, saul reichlin, bolinda publishing pty ltd. All that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and.
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