{"product_id":"book-kg9i","title":"Family of Spies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA propulsive, never-before-told story of one family's shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story.\u003cem\u003e Your family. World War II. Nazi spies.\u003c\/em\u003e Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Kuehns, a prominent Berlin family, saw the rise of the Nazis as a way out of the hard times that had befallen them. When the daughter of the family, Eberhard's sister, Ruth, met Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels at a party, the two hit it off, and they had an affair. But Ruth had a secret-she was half Jewish-and Goebbels found out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than having Ruth killed, Goebbels instead sent the entire Kuehn family to Hawaii, to work as spies half a world away. There, Ruth and her parents established an intricate spy operation from their home, just a few miles down the road from Pearl Harbor, shielding Eberhard from the truth. They passed secrets to the Japanese, leading to the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Eberhard's father was arrested and tried for his involvement in planning the assault, Eberhard learned the harsh truth about his family and faced a decision that would change the path of the Kuehn family forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJumping back and forth between Christine discovering her family's secret and the untold past of the spies in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii, \u003cem\u003eFamily of Spies\u003c\/em\u003e is fast-paced history at its finest and will rewrite the narrative of December 7, 1941.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50259134611760,"sku":"BDkg9i","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/kg9i-cover.jpg?v=1767131160","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kg9i","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}