|summary=An eloquently-told story of a hard beginning to a life. Recommended. We were delighted when Harry agreed to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Harry Leslie Smith|talk to us]].
Harry is eighty seven – and possibly eighty eight by now - but this book only covers the first twenty three years of his life. We have the pleasure of looking forward to reading a further two volumes and I, for one, can't wait. Have I any criticisms? Well, I'd like to see rather more put into proof-reading and fact checking, but it's a very minor point in a book which I found difficult to put down.