adds an integral perspective on a shopworn subject by invoking the lives of Nazi dissidents whose attempts to alert the world to the growing menace were ignored until it was too late.” (Publishers Weekly ) Anna Funder has written an essential novel about how we carry the bricks of history on our backs.” (Colum McCann ) “History, like hope, is not something to be solved, but to be carried. “A spiraling account of political activity and love.this beautiful tapestry of friendship and loyalty during one of history’s darker times will appeal to fans of novels about WWII.” (Library Journal ) “A literary work as suspenseful as the best thrillers, Funder’s extraordinary first novel is an unflinching portrait of courage in devastating circumstances.” (Library Journal )

It is a moving and ambitious work.” (Ann Patchett ) “In ALL THAT I AM, Anna Funder delivers a sweeping first novel that covers love and war, friendship and betrayal, and the bonds that define a life. “ enthralling historical novel.” (O, the Oprah Magazine ) “Funder writes with grace and conviction about the intrusion of the political on the domestic and the thrill of falling in love over a cause.” (New York Times Book Review ) 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Anna Funder has given us a searing and intimate portrait of courage and its price, of desire and ambition, and of the devastating consequences when they are thwarted. Gripping, compassionate, and inspiring, this remarkable debut novel reveals an uncommon depth of humanity and wisdom. All That I Am is the heartbreaking story of these extraordinary people, who discover that Hitler's reach extends much further than they had thought. Inspired by the fearless Dora to breathtaking acts of courage, the friends risk betrayal and deceit as they dedicate themselves to a dangerous mission: to inform the British government of the very real Nazi threat to which it remains willfully blind.

Together with Dora and her lover, Ernst Toller, the celebrated poet and self-doubting revolutionary, the four become hunted outlaws overnight and are forced to flee to London. Ten years later, Ruth and Hans are married and living in Weimar Berlin when Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany. When eighteen-year-old Ruth Becker visits her cousin Dora in Munich in 1923, she meets the love of her life, the dashing young journalist Hans Wesemann, and eagerly joins in the heady activities of the militant political Left in Germany.

All That I Am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places.

All That I Am by Anna Funder