Love among the ruins : a memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945
Smith, Harry Leslie, 1923-2015
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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.
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Love among the ruins : a memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945 / Harry Leslie Smith.
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Imprint:
London : Icon, 2015.
Collation:
xiv, 271 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781785780004 (pbk)
Language:
English
Related title:
Love Among the Ruins [electronic resource] : A memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945
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BRN:
80350
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