Speaker 1: This is the WZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. Recently
Speaker 1: caught the film version of The Railway Man starring Colin Firth,
Speaker 1: and I decided to read the book that the movie
Speaker 1: was based on a memoir of Eric Lomax, who, during
Speaker 1: World War II was taken prisoner along with many of
Speaker 1: his colleagues and forced into slave labor by his Japanese guards.
Speaker 1: The Japanese looking to build a railway between Burma and Siam,
Speaker 1: fighting PTSD for decades. After the war, Eric Lomax remarries
Speaker 1: and with the help of his new wife, Patty, finds
Speaker 1: the strength to confront his fears and demons, and it's
Speaker 1: a story of forgiveness. He discovers that the interpreter present
Speaker 1: over several years of brutal torture sessions, was still alive.
Speaker 1: Lomax shares the story of closing a deadly chapter in
Speaker 1: his life and finding the strength to offer forgiveness to
Speaker 1: those who perpetrated the evil during the Second World War.
Speaker 1: The Railway Man is a serious look at survival and forgiveness.
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