Love Among the Ruins: A Memoir of Life and Love in Hamburg, 1945 Contributor(s): Smith, Harry Leslie (Author), Jerrom, Ric (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1531812880 ISBN-13: 9781531812881 Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: MP3 CD - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2016 * Out of Print * |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: B |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany |
Features: Unabridged |
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Publisher Description: At 22, the war is over for RAF serviceman Harry Leslie Smith - 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 grinding poverty of his Yorkshire youth, Harry unexpectedly finds a reason to stay: a young German woman by the name of Friede. Their love develops uneasily, but gradually they win each other's trust, Harry taking on the responsibility of finding food for Friede's near-destitute family. But they must face both German suspicion and British disapproval of relations with "the enemy." Presenting a street-level view of a city reduced to rubble, populated with refugees, black marketeers, corrupt businessmen and cynical soldiers, Love Among the Ruins is a unique snapshot of a terrible period in Europe's history, a passionate love letter to a city, to a woman, and to life itself. Harry Leslie Smith's Guardian articles have been shared almost a quarter of a million times on Facebook and have attracted huge comment and debate. |
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