Don't Let My Past Be Your Future - A Call To Arms
Harry Leslie Smith
Harry Leslie Smith is a great British stalwart.
A survivor of the Great Depression, a Second World War veteran, a lifelong Labour supporter and a proud Yorkshire man, Harry's life has straddled two centuries.
As a young man, he witnessed a country in crisis with no healthcare, no relief for the poor, and a huge economic gulf between the North and South. Now in his nineties, Harry wanders through the streets of his youth and wonders whether anything has actually changed.
Britain is at its most dangerous juncture since Harry's youth - the NHS and social housing are in crisis, whilst Brexit and an unpopular government continue to divide the country - but there is hope. Just as Clement Attlee provided hope in 1945, Labour's triumphant comeback of June 2017 is a beacon of light in this season of discontent.
Britain has overcome adversity before and will do so again - a new nation will be forged from the ashes of these grave injustices.
Moving and passionate, Don't Let My Past be Your Future interweaves memoir and polemic in a call to arms.
Above all, this book is a homage to the boundless grace and resilience of the human spirit.NB: Harry is now deceased, but his surviving NOK, including his sons continue the fight to this day in his name and memory in the hope of something better.
A survivor of the Great Depression, a Second World War veteran, a lifelong Labour supporter and a proud Yorkshire man, Harry's life has straddled two centuries.
As a young man, he witnessed a country in crisis with no healthcare, no relief for the poor, and a huge economic gulf between the North and South. Now in his nineties, Harry wanders through the streets of his youth and wonders whether anything has actually changed.
Britain is at its most dangerous juncture since Harry's youth - the NHS and social housing are in crisis, whilst Brexit and an unpopular government continue to divide the country - but there is hope. Just as Clement Attlee provided hope in 1945, Labour's triumphant comeback of June 2017 is a beacon of light in this season of discontent.
Britain has overcome adversity before and will do so again - a new nation will be forged from the ashes of these grave injustices.
Moving and passionate, Don't Let My Past be Your Future interweaves memoir and polemic in a call to arms.
Above all, this book is a homage to the boundless grace and resilience of the human spirit.NB: Harry is now deceased, but his surviving NOK, including his sons continue the fight to this day in his name and memory in the hope of something better.
년:
2017
판:
Reissue
출판사:
Hachette Books UK
언어:
english
페이지:
240
ISBN 10:
1472123468
ISBN 13:
9781472123466
파일:
MOBI , 307 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2017