Enemies of the People by Kati Marton

The daughters of journalists for AP and UPI, Julia and Kati Marton spent their childhood in Budapest during the communist occupation. Kati's book about that life is not so much a memoir as it is a study of the lives of her parents during that era. They were constantly spied upon by the secret police who kept voluminous records of their daily lives. Those records eventually became available to the author providing insight into her parents' political problems and forming the basis of this book. For a long time the Martons were allowed to operate freely as journalists in Budapest, but eventually both were jailed for being too friendly with westerners, particularly people at the American legation. Enemies of the People conveys what it is like to live with political oppression we've never known in this country.