{"product_id":"9781785780004","title":"Love Among the Ruins: A Memoir of Life and Love in Hamburg, 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStationed 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’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry’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. It’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Icon Books, Ltd. UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047886504176,"sku":"9781785780004","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785780004_p0.jpg?v=1763728700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785780004","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}