{"product_id":"tillis-story-my-thoughts-are-free-hardcover","title":"Tilli's Story: My Thoughts Are Free - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorna Collier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTilli Schulze\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This compelling memoir of a German girl's bitter, frightening life reveals the horrors visited upon an average family caught between two of the cruelest dictators in history.. The small, poignant touches are riveting.\" -\u003ci\u003eKirkus Discoveries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI think about what I want and what makes me happy, \u003cbr\u003e But orderly and quietly to myself.\u003cbr\u003e Because my thoughts tear down fortresses and walls, \u003cbr\u003e My thoughts are free.\u003cbr\u003e -German folk song, author unknown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe beautiful, safe, joyful places in young Tilli's imagination were her only refuge from the bombing that tore through the sky above her during World War II. Her thoughts were her only freedom from Hitler's Nazi tyranny, and they were her strength to survive after the war ended, when Russians invaded her tiny farming village in eastern Germany; forced her into months of hiding in a dark attic crawlspace; and took her innocence, her childhood, and nearly her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTilli's dreams-of a time when she could think and act freely, and travel, work, write, worship, and live however she wished-were what fueled the sixteen-year-old to courageously and single-handedly escape the terror of Stalin's harsh Communist rule and create her own happy ending in a free America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis true tale of sorrow and terror, hope and triumph, is Tilli's story-but it's also the story of the unthinkable suffering and untold bravery of countless innocent children who have lived through a war and its aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468156649725,"sku":"9780595673421","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/V05UR21RMWRnMGlDUXljanhnUUQxZz09.webp?v=1777285622","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/tillis-story-my-thoughts-are-free-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}