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Opa Nobody (Hardcover)
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Opa Nobody (Hardcover)
Series: American Lives
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It had come to this: breastfeeding her screaming three-month-old
while sitting on the cigarette-scarred floor of a union hall, lying
to her husband so she could attend yet another activist meeting,
and otherwise actively self-destructing. Then Sonya Huber turned to
her long-dead grandfather, the family "nobody," for help. Huber's
search for meaning and resonance in the life of her grandfather
Heina Buschman was unusual insofar as she knew him only through
dismissive family stories: He let his wife die of neglect . . . he
used his infant son as a decoy when transporting anti-Nazi
literature in a baby carriage . . . and so the stories went. What
she actually discovered was that, like his granddaughter, Heina
Buschman was a committed and beleaguered activist whose story
echoed her own. Huber's research not only conjured her
grandfather's voice in answer to many of the questions that
troubled her but also found in his story a source of personal
sustenance for herself. Based on extensive research and
documentation, this story of Heina Buschman offers a rare look into
the heart of the "average" socialist trying to survive the Nazis
and rebuild a broken world. Alternating with his voice is Huber's
own, providing a rich and moving counterpoint that makes this
deeply personal exploration of family, politics, and individual
responsibility a story for all of us and for all time.
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