In a straightforward and highly readable manner, she relates how her childhood was shaped by these historical forces. . . . She describes the changes that occurred in her family because of rationing, her father's service in the Home Guard, her mother's knitting for soldiers, evacuees living with her family, blackouts, and the fiery destruction of nearby Bristol. Combined, they present a picture of a family and a people coping as best they could under difficult circumstances. She has written articles for Faces and Skipping Stones magazine. This account of her wartime childhood is her first book.
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