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Christian Lange's mother kept obsessive family financial records. For the first 18 years of his life, every single dollar the family spent was recorded by his mother in meticulously maintained ledgers. Now, 16 years after the last entry, Lange uses this financial history as a framework to tell his family's story in his new book Lange Liste 79 97. In addition to the extensive notes by his mother, Christian Lange conducted interviews with relevant "characters" and dug up family artifacts like photos and possessions to give a clearer picture of his adolescence. But his story isn't limited to the immediate daily celebrations and dramas of the Lange clan. The unavoidable political consequences of living in Germany between 1979 and 1997 exist alongside all of the pregnancies, new shoes, and days spent tinkering in the garage.

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