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<v Speaker 1>This is the WZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. Recently

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<v Speaker 1>caught the film version of The Railway Man starring Colin Firth,

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<v Speaker 1>and I decided to read the book that the movie

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<v Speaker 1>was based on a memoir of Eric Lomax, who, during

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<v Speaker 1>World War II was taken prisoner along with many of

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<v Speaker 1>his colleagues and forced into slave labor by his Japanese guards.

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<v Speaker 1>The Japanese looking to build a railway between Burma and Siam,

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<v Speaker 1>fighting PTSD for decades. After the war, Eric Lomax remarries

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<v Speaker 1>and with the help of his new wife, Patty, finds

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<v Speaker 1>the strength to confront his fears and demons, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a story of forgiveness. He discovers that the interpreter present

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<v Speaker 1>over several years of brutal torture sessions, was still alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Lomax shares the story of closing a deadly chapter in

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<v Speaker 1>his life and finding the strength to offer forgiveness to

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<v Speaker 1>those who perpetrated the evil during the Second World War.

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<v Speaker 1>The Railway Man is a serious look at survival and forgiveness.

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<v Speaker 1>The Railwayman by Eric Lomax The Book Club WZ Boston's

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