![]() What had seemed a conformist reticence revealed itself, after a time, to be an inbred, ineffable sense of fair play. "Hans, who was shy speaking to the English, spoke of them as they fitted his preconceptions: a nation of shopkeepers, tea drinkers, lawn clippers. Those who were tested-and in some cases found wanting-in the face of hatred, of art, of love and of history.īased 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. 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. ![]() Ernst Toller, self-doubting revolutionary and poet, sits in a New York hotel room, settling up the account of his life. She has made an uneasy peace with the ghosts of her past-and a part of history that has been all but forgotten.Īnother lifetime away, it’s 1939 and the world is going to war. Ruth Becker, defiant and cantankerous, is living out her days in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Shortlisted, Western Australian Premier's Award for Fiction ![]() ![]() Shortlisted, Prime Minister ’s literary award for fiction Winner, Independent Bookseller Award for Best Debut Fiction and Indie Book of the Year Winner, ABIA Book of the Year and Literary Fiction Book of the Year ![]()
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