Love Among the Ruins : A memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945 Paperback / softback
by Harry Leslie Smith
Paperback / softback
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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 StarAt 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Icon Books
- Publication Date:10/09/2015
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- ISBN:9781785780004
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Icon Books
- Publication Date:10/09/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781785780004
