{"product_id":"red-love-the-story-of-an-east-german-family-1","title":"Red Love: The Story of an East German Family","description":"Winner of the European Book Prize\n\n“Altogether extraordinary.” —The Los Angeles Review of Books\n“Family memoirs don’t come wittier than this little marvel.” —Irish Times\n\nFollowing three generations of German Jews, this “absolutely enthralling” family memoir about life in the GDR during and after World War II reveals what held East Germany together—and what tore it apart (New York Times Book Review).\n\nNow, married with two children and the Wall a distant memory, Maxim decides to find the answers to the questions he couldn't ask. Why did his parents, once passionately in love, grow apart? Why did his father become so angry, and his mother quit her career in journalism? And why did his grandfather Gerhard, the Socialist war hero, turn into a stranger? The story he unearths is, like his country's past, one of hopes, lies, cruelties, betrayals but also love. In Red Love he captures, with warmth and unflinching honesty, why so many dreamed the GDR would be a new world and why, in the end, it fell apart.\n\nGrowing up in East Berlin, Maxim Leo knew not to ask questions. All he knew was that his rebellious parents, Wolf and Anne, with their dyed hair, leather jackets and insistence he call them by their first names, were a bit embarrassing. That there were some places you couldn't play; certain things you didn't say.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1782270426\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1782270426.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Whiteside, Shaun|Leo, Maxim\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41511159300154,"sku":"DBV.1782270426.G","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1782270426-0_d6745e2e-aab9-403f-a8e8-0287bc3188ba.jpg?v=1783469073","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/red-love-the-story-of-an-east-german-family-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}