Colin Ruthven grew up in Vancouver\'s lively West End in the years during and following World War II.
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His Aunt Helen, who served as a dietician in the Royal Canadian Army, would tell him how she nursed concentration camp survivors back to health after liberation.
He shares stories that are humorously light and others that are stirringly dark, including what it was like Growing up with a father who spent the war battling his own demons.
Colin Ruthven grew up in Vancouver\'s lively West End in the years during and following World War II