Love among the ruins : a memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945 /
by Smith, Harry Leslie.
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BookPublisher: London : Icon, 2015Description: xiv, 271 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781785780004 (pbk.) :; 178578000X (pbk.) :.Classification number: 943.515 SMISubject(s): Smith, Harry Leslie, 1923- | Hamburg (Germany) -- Social life and customs | Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 | History | HistorySummary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 943.515 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002921008X |
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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