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All That I Am
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All That I Am

A Novel

by Anna Funder

Recommended by Tom Hanks

Recommended by Tom Hanks

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.

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 threat of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Based on reallife events and people, All That I Am brings to light the heroic, tragic, and true story of a small group of lef...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.

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Another Book Suggestion: ALL THAT I AM, by Anna Funder, who also wrote STASILAND. I read ATIAm last fall in Berlin a…

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