{"id":1525,"date":"2011-06-09T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2011-06-09T12:45:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:45:58","slug":"1923-a-memoir-by-harry-leslie-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1525","title":{"rendered":"1923: A Memoir by Harry Leslie Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1923bc-193x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1923bc-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">World War II veteran, Harry Leslie Smith, was born in 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire England. After the war, he worked in a number of professions and now splits his time between Canada, the UK and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In this first volume of his memoirs, Smith chronicles the tragic story of his early life. He presents his family\u2019s early history-their misfortunes and their experiences of enduring betrayal, inhumane poverty, infidelity, and abandonment. )I can relate to this because my father&#8217;s family was poor and they were forced to send some of their children to The Orphan Homes of Scotland.)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">1923: A Memoir presents the story of a life lyrically described, capturing a time both before and during World War II when personal survival was dependent upon luck and guile. During this time, failure insured either a trip to the workhouse or burial in a common grave. Brutally honest, Smith\u2019s story plummets to the depths of tragedy and flies up to the summit of mirth and wonder, portraying real people in an uncompromising, unflinching voice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I can&#8217;t wait to curl up and read it. I think I had best keep a box of tissues at hand because I think I&#8217;m going to need them.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Paperback<\/strong>: 312 pages<\/div>\n<div><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/div>\n<div><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 9781450254137<\/div>\n<div><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-1450254137<\/div>\n<div><strong>ASIN:<\/strong> 1450254136<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>1923: A Memoir is available in paperback or for the Kindle, Nook, or\u00a0Kobo\u00a0at the following<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Amazon.com (buy) US: <\/strong><a title=\"1923\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/kxlKsv\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/kxlKsv<\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Amazon.co.uk (buy) UK:<\/strong> <a title=\"1923\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/m3sbtN\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/m3sbtN<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Nook (buy):<\/strong> <a title=\"1923\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/kxnjDY\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/kxnjDY<\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Kobo (buy): <\/strong><a title=\"1923\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tiny9.com\/u\/1664\">http:\/\/www.tiny9.com\/u\/1664<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>FaceBook 1923 A Memoir:<\/strong> <a title=\"1923\" href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/lboRcM\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/lboRcM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Twitter Account @1923Memoir:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/1923Memoir\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/1923Memoir<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Author Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www1923thebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/1923thebook.ca<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War II veteran, Harry Leslie Smith, was born in 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire England. 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