{"product_id":"book-1ee1","title":"Ausländer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving and intimate story that reveals how the ravages of history that tore one family apart echo across continents nearly a century later.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A memoir which ranks alongside \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSorting through papers and photographs after his mother's death, Michael Moritz uncovers the history of close family members murdered by the Nazis. Exploring their journey takes him into a past of tragedy, grief and the dark shadows cast on Jewish life by the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving Germany as child refugees, Moritz's parents escape to London before settling in Cardiff, Wales, after the war. But the idea of being a stranger or outsider—Ausländer—haunts the family; running through Moritz's childhood and resurfacing in his adopted home of California, where he has become one of Silicon Valley's most celebrated investors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As the shadows of Trump lengthened, the refrain I had heard from my parents rang ever more loudly … 'If it did happen somewhere, it can happen here.'\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns disturbingly relevant and a haunting elegy to his family heritage, \u003ci\u003eAusländer\u003c\/i\u003e shows what can happen to anyone, anywhere, when ordinary people hand licence to despots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best memoirs are deeply personal but connect to the universal. By not straying far from an emotional centre, they can illuminate the present with a far greater urgency than more sweeping accounts. \u003ci\u003eAusländer\u003c\/i\u003e, a family memoir from Silicon Valley investor Michael Moritz, more than meets this mark. Thanks in no small part to Moritz’s brilliance as a writer, \u003ci\u003eAusländer\u003c\/i\u003e's emotional power and broader relevance reverberate long after the final page.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67473420255536,"sku":"BD1ee1","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1ee1-Square-cover.jpg?v=1786076250","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1ee1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}