{"product_id":"the-house-by-the-lake-one-house-five-families-and-a-hundred-years-of-german-history-paperback","title":"The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History - 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\u003eThomas Harding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Orwell Prize \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e (London), and \u003ci\u003eCommonweal Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding traveled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small house by a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. It had been a holiday home for her and her family, but in the 1930s, she had been forced to flee to England as the Nazis swept to power. Nearly twenty years later, the house was government property and soon to be demolished. It was Harding's legacy, one that had been loved, abandoned, fought over--a house his grandmother had desired until her death. Could it be saved? And should it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Harding began to make inquiries, he unearthed secrets that had lain hidden for decades about the lives of the five families who had lived there: a wealthy landowner, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned composer, a widow and her children, and a Stasi informant. The house had been the site of domestic bliss and of contentment, but also of terrible grief and tragedy. As its story began to take shape, Harding realized that there was a chance to save it, but in doing so, he would have to resolve his own family's feelings towards their former homeland--and a hatred handed down through the generations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHOMAS HARDING\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and journalist who has written for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He is the author of the #1 international bestselling book \u003ci\u003eHanns and Rudolf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 2015 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize, was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award, and has been translated into many languages. He lives in Hampshire, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53345056588141,"sku":"9781250132192","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/UGVMSC9VSDV2MUhWU1ovK0ZHR2plUT09.webp?v=1779080197","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-house-by-the-lake-one-house-five-families-and-a-hundred-years-of-german-history-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}