Looking Back

Reflections of a London Child on the War Years 1939 - 1945

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Eva Merrill ISBN: 9781481704526
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publication: January 25, 2013
Imprint: AuthorHouse Language: English
Author: Eva Merrill
ISBN: 9781481704526
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication: January 25, 2013
Imprint: AuthorHouse
Language: English

This book is a first hand account of the events of World War Two seen through the eyes of a teenager who spent some of this period enduring the bombing raids on London, and some of it billeted with various families in the country as an evacuee. The writing incorporates a chronological account of the main events of the War, but is written in such a way that it doesnt seem like a history book. Its a real life adventure story, sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Life wasnt all picnics in the country for an evacuee, and such things as toilets in sheds at the bottom of the garden took a lot of getting used to for a little city girl. As a source of information on the social history of Britain, this book is invaluable as there are all sorts of details that you wouldnt normally find in text books. Its written with a sense of the ridiculous and Evas description of how the family actually used their Morrison Table shelter could be a script for a comedy sketch. Above all, this is a book with universal appeal and is to be recommended to anyone with an interest in the war years as well as schools and colleges where the subject is taught.

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This book is a first hand account of the events of World War Two seen through the eyes of a teenager who spent some of this period enduring the bombing raids on London, and some of it billeted with various families in the country as an evacuee. The writing incorporates a chronological account of the main events of the War, but is written in such a way that it doesnt seem like a history book. Its a real life adventure story, sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Life wasnt all picnics in the country for an evacuee, and such things as toilets in sheds at the bottom of the garden took a lot of getting used to for a little city girl. As a source of information on the social history of Britain, this book is invaluable as there are all sorts of details that you wouldnt normally find in text books. Its written with a sense of the ridiculous and Evas description of how the family actually used their Morrison Table shelter could be a script for a comedy sketch. Above all, this is a book with universal appeal and is to be recommended to anyone with an interest in the war years as well as schools and colleges where the subject is taught.

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