ABIA Book of the Year 2012
Winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award 2012
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2012
Read our Q&A with Anna Funder about All That I Am.
'When Hitler came to power I was in the bath. The wireless in the living room was turned up loud, but all that drifted down to me were waves of happy cheering, like a football match. It was Monday afternoon . . . '
Ruth Becker, defiant and cantankerous, is living out her days in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. She has made an uneasy peace with the ghosts of her past – and a part of history that has been all but forgotten.
Another lifetime away, it's 1939 and the world is going to war. Ernst Toller, self-doubting revolutionary and poet, sits in a New York hotel room settling up the account of his life.
When Toller's story arrives on Ruth's doorstep their shared past slips under her defences, and she's right back among them – those friends who predicted the brutality of the Nazis and gave everything they had to stop them. Those who were tested – and in some cases found wanting – in the face of hatred, of art, of love, and of history.
Based on real people and events, 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. Anna Funder confirms her place as one of our finest writers with this gripping, compassionate, inspiring first novel.
Indie Award Winners 2012
All That I Am
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton
ABIA Book of the Year 2012
Winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award 2012
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2012
Read our Q&A with Anna Funder about All That I Am.
'When Hitler came to power I was in the bath. The... Buy or find out more →
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$32.95 – Paperback book / Random House
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The Little Refugee
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2012 Fiction Shortlist
All That I Am
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton
ABIA Book of the Year 2012
Winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award 2012
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2012
Read our Q&A with Anna Funder about All That I Am.
'When Hitler came to power I was in the bath. The... Buy or find out more →
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$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
An exquisite and moving new novel from this master storyteller.
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$22.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Winner of the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
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brilliant novel that is at once a rollicking yarn and a beautiful love story, with an amazing cast of unforgettable characters and exotic settings - a feat of imagination and storytelling.
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$27.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
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