infinite sum corresponds to infinite product in book Norris

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On page 72 of the book Markov Chains by Norris, they state that, for $0<\lambda_n<\infty \;\; \forall n$:

$\sum_{n=1}^\infty 1/ \lambda_n = \infty$

implies

$ \prod_{n=1}^\infty (1+1/\lambda_n)=\infty$.

How can this be seen? I tried taking logarithms but that does not seem to help.

Is the reverse statement also true?