{"product_id":"the-traitors-daughter-captured-by-the-nazis-pursued-by-the-kgb-my-mothers-odyssey-to-freedom-from-her-secret-past-9780735246553","title":"The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by the Nazis, Pursued by the Kgb, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exquisite.... Rarely has there been a more powerful account of the 20th century's horrors.\" --Rosemary Sullivan, author of \u003ci\u003eStalin's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe masterful narration of a daughter's decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin's Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity--but never revealed her darkest secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, Roxana Spicer would sometimes wake to the sound of the Red Army choir. She would tip-toe downstairs to find her mother, cigarette in one hand and Black Russian in the other, singing along. Roxana would keep her company, and wonder.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone in their village knew Agnes Spicer was Russian, that she had been a captive of the Nazis. And that was all they knew, because Agnes kept her secrets close: how she managed to escape Germany, what the tattoo on her arm meant, even her real name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscovering the truth about her beloved, charismatic, volatile mother became Roxana's obsession. Throughout her career as a journalist and documentarian, she took every chance to visit the few places that she knew played a role in her mother's story: Bad Salzuflen, Germany; notorious concentration camps; and Russia. Under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and the early years of Putin, she was able to find people, places, and documents that are now--perhaps forever--lost again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Traitor's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is intimate and exhaustively researched, vividly conversational, and shot through with Agnes Spicer's irrepressible, fiery personality. It is a true labour of love as well as a triumph of blending personal biography with sweeping history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735246553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464","brand":"Roxana Spicer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571308785845,"sku":"9780735246553","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-traitors-daughter-captured-by-the-nazis-pursued-by-the-kgb-my-mothers-odyssey-to-freedom-from-her-secret-past-9780735246553","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}