{"product_id":"9781785780004","title":"Love Among the Ruins","description":"'[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.","brand":"Harry Leslie Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051602428222,"sku":"9781785780004","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781785780004_870e5767-b157-44e5-b4a8-a0db267e26af.jpg?v=1707623610","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781785780004","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}