num_pages: 353
description: The Second World War. It’s not all fighting and glory; there are battles on the Home Front, too, and some are not exactly heroic. That’s what injured naval officer Harry discovers when he befriends conscientious objector Jim – a friendship frowned upon in their small Welsh valley even before they begin to fall in love. But they both have secrets to conceal, and it takes a bizarre sequence of events before the full truth can be uncovered.A novel about healing, compromise, making the best of it and just plain managing to survive.
language: English
title: Make Do and Mend
publisher: Manifold Press