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Love Among the Ruins

By Harry Leslie Smith

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Love Among the Ruins

By Harry Leslie Smith

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'[Harry Leslie Smith] is absolutely one of my heroes. Everyone should read this and be humbled.' Annie Lennox 'A deep love of humanity is what animates Smith. He is a hero of our times.' Newsweek 'His straight-from-the-heart delivery makes these events seem as clear and immediate as if they happened yesterday' Morning Star At 22, the war is over for RAF serviceman Harry Leslie Smith - the now 92-year-old activist and author of the acclaimed Harry's Last Stand - but the battle for love and hope rages on. Stationed in occupied Hamburg, a city physically and emotionally ripped apart by Allied bombing, and determined to escape the grinding poverty of his Yorkshire youth, Harry unexpectedly finds a reason to stay: a young German woman by the name of Friede.  As their love develops, they must face both German suspicion and British disapproval of relations with 'the enemy'. Harry's ardent, straight-from-the-heart memoir brings to life a city reduced to rubble, populated with refugees, black marketeers, corrupt businessmen and cynical soldiers. Love Among Ruins: A memoir of life and love in Hamburg is a unique snapshot of a terrible period in Europe's history, and a passionate love letter to a city, to a woman, and to life itself.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2016-04-12
Publication Date:
2015-09-10
Publisher:
Amberley Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
178578000X
ISBN13:
9781785780004
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
232 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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