Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49 by Nella Last, Richard Broad (Editor), Suzie Fleming (Editor)
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- Pub. Date: January 2009
- 320pp
- Sales Rank: 60,913
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- Pub. Date: January 2009
- Publisher: Profile Books Limited
- Format: Paperback, 320pp
- Sales Rank: 60,913
- ISBN-13: 9781846680007
- ISBN: 184668000X
Synopsis
In 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length, and quality, have created a record of WWII. This is a moving testimony, that, covering sex, death, and fear of invasion, provides a new, unglamorized female perspective on the war years.
Biography
Nella Last kept a diary throughout WWII, under the auspices of the Mass Observation Archive. Her record of events offers a unique insight into one woman's war - on the Home Front. She died in 1968.
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A very absorbing account of one woman's WWII experience in a small town in North West England.by Mo-Davies
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June 20, 2009: I am from the UK and this was a gift from my sister. We were born and raised not far from where this takes place and we knew the town quite well. What makes it different from most towns of its size is that it had and still has an important ship building industry, which made it a target for German bombing during World War II. I had never heard of the "Mass Observation Project" which had women throughout the country writing of their experiences. This lady, Nella Last, is a natural writer and observer.
I Also Recommend: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Suite Francaise, Nella Last's Peace.
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