{"product_id":"all-the-frequent-troubles-of-our-days-the-true-story-of-the-american-woman-at-the-heart-of-the-german-resistance-to-hitler-paperback","title":"All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Donner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Chautauqua Prize \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the Plutarch Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eCritics' Top Pick of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e10 Best Books of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine 100 Must-Read Books of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Books of 2021 \u003cbr\u003e An \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily \u003c\/i\u003eBest New Books of August\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Public Library Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"stunning literary achievement,\" Donner chronicles the extraordinary life and brutal death of her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany during WWII--\"a page-turner story of espionage, love and betrayal\" (Kai Bird, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a PhD program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. In 1932, she began holding secret meetings in her apartment--a small band of political activists that by 1940 had grown into the largest underground resistance group in Berlin. She recruited working-class Germans into the resistance, helped Jews escape, plotted acts of sabotage, and collaborated in writing leaflets that denounced Hitler and called for revolution. Her coconspirators circulated through Berlin under the cover of night, slipping the leaflets into mailboxes, public restrooms, phone booths. When the first shots of the Second World War were fired, she became a spy, couriering top-secret intelligence to the Allies. On the eve of her escape to Sweden, she was ambushed by the Gestapo. At a Nazi military court, a panel of five judges sentenced her to six years at a prison camp, but Hitler overruled the decision and ordered her execution. On February 16, 1943, she was strapped to a guillotine and beheaded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historians identify Mildred Harnack as the only American in the leadership of the German resistance, yet her remarkable story has remained almost unknown until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Harnack's great-great-niece Rebecca Donner draws on her extensive archival research in Germany, Russia, England, and the U.S. as well as newly uncovered documents in her family archive to produce this astonishing work of narrative nonfiction. Fusing elements of biography, real-life political thriller, and scholarly detective story, Donner brilliantly interweaves letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, survivors' testimony, and a trove of declassified intelligence documents into a powerful, epic story, reconstructing the moral courage of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, \u003cb\u003eRebecca Donner \u003c\/b\u003ewas awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was a 2018-19 Biography Fellow at the Leon Levy Center for Biography, is a two-time Yaddo Fellow, and has twice received fellowships from the Ucross Foundation. Her essays, reportage, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAll the Frequent Troubles of Our Days\u003c\/i\u003e is Donner's third book; she is also the author of two critically acclaimed works of fiction.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eVisit her at rebeccadonner.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.52 x 8.18 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978432839981,"sku":"9780316561709","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MWNnb3RpT09tR0RaT0Y2d2dVMnJUdz09.webp?v=1775805128","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/all-the-frequent-troubles-of-our-days-the-true-story-of-the-american-woman-at-the-heart-of-the-german-resistance-to-hitler-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}