{"product_id":"hard-tears-soft-laughter-paperback","title":"Hard Tears Soft Laughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames William Lauder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo many stories have arisen from the horrific events from the Second World War. But the unique and frank voice of James Lauder opens your eyes to a whole new view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his detailed account of how the Dieppe raid went horribly wrong to the tedium and camaraderie of a German prisoner of war camp, he resurrects a series of characters whose stories can haunt us for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe inspires you to laugh with the silly pranks and wordplay of a bored group of men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe makes you ache for the simple human comforts that he missed while locked away overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he sickens you with the brutality of soldiers and the SS when they have the power to humiliate and hurt others during a dark time in world history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral of the portraits he shares stick with you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The beating of a Jewish woman who defies a member of the SS in public;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The scene of a train station bombing where Germans and Canadians pulled together to save the injured;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The hilarious misunderstanding of a daily greeting in a hallway at the camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom this book, you will see men at their best and their worst. There are times when you empathize with James and others when you want to slap him and his buddies up the side of the head for their racism and sexism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey lived in different times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery day, they aimed to survive just one more day. They kept hoping the war would end, always in the spring to come. Even knowing when they would go home, you live in suspended animation with the group that takes care of each other and mourns each death knowing how close they all are to meeting that fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome chapters of Hard Tears and Soft Laughter are hard to read. But Lauder doesn't allow you to look away, since you never know where his memory will take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLois Tuffin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor in chief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeterborough This Week\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184937222393,"sku":"9781773705880","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M2Zub1NxY3UyaXVEazVNUmVIcEF2dz09.webp?v=1767805305","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hard-tears-soft-laughter-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}