James HiltonRandom Harvest

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A veteran's comfortable life is upended when long-buried memories of his time in the trenches of World War I come rushing backCharles Rainier's family feared him lost along with so many of Britain's youth during the First World War. But two years after he was reported MIA, he appears in a Liverpool hospital with no memory of his missing years. Even after marriage and a life of relative success, he can't recall his time on the battlefielduntil the first bombs of the Second World War begin to fall. Suddenly, his memories flood back. Recollections of a violent battlefield, a German prison, and a passionate affair all threaten to fracture the peaceful life he has worked so hard to create.Random Harvest is a moving account of the trauma of war and the courage required to find redemption in the face of the most overwhelming circumstances.

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James Hilton, eigentlich: Glen Trevor, geb. am 9. September 1900 in Leigh/Lancashire, studierte an der Cambridge University. Er begann seine Karriere als Journalist bereits mit 17 Jahren und schrieb unter anderem für den 'Manchester Guardian' und die 'Daily News'. Seit 1931 verfasste er Unterhaltungsromane und Drehbücher, die mehrfach verfilmt und in viele Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Hilton lebte zunächst in London, ab 1937 in Hollywood. Er starb 1954 in Long Beach.