Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?: A powerful true story of love and survival

The deliver was very fast and the book on WW2 really gives a personal perspective of the War.

This story is awesome.

This is very well written. I suggest that every young person who thinks he has a tough life should read it. Learn what this young lad went through for us to have the freedoms of today. I laughed. I cried. Thank you Horace (Jim) for your service. May you always rest in peace now.

I was interested in this book from the start. Since my father was also a POW in WWII I and didn’t speak of it much I was hoping to learning about life in a prisoner of war camp. The book didn’t disappoint me.Mr. Scott told the story as he heard it from Horace who was 89. Jim waited nearly 70 years to tell his story. I feel privileged to have read it.I can only imagine how reliving those horrors of war helped him bring some closure for him.The story was told in a very compelling and vivid way. I felt I was there with Jim and Rose!As a reader it was an emotional ride as the graphic description of the prisoners’ suffering was revealed. I kept asking myself how such horrific and barbaric acts could be committed toward another human being. The author really made the horrors of war REAL and personal through Jim’s story.While Jim was seeing and feeling the horrors of war he also experienced a love that was warm and tender. The love helped keep him and his fellow prisoners human and sane. As long as their story unfolded I had hope for humanity. I am sure Jim felt the same. This is an incredible story of survival and triumph. It also shows how one or two people can affect a hundred. The influence, leadership and hope Jim and Rose showed his fellow prisoners feel brave and feel hopeful they will defeat the enemy and return home.The bond of these men in the prison was incredible. The true character of the individuals I met through the story should their character under adversity. They were truly a band of brothers.I enjoyed the book mainly because I learned more about what my own father went through as a POW. I would highly recommend this book to others and hope that it becomes a major motion picture.

great but also very sad