Entering their world as they lived it, each diary entry is poignantly engrossing.Īmid the tumultuous start to the war, these ordinary British people are by turns apprehensive and despairing, spirited and cheerful - and always fascinatingly, vividly real. And Maggie Joy Blunt tries day-by-day to keep a semblance of her ordinary life. We Are at War is the second of Garfields editing of diaries from the Mass. This item: We are at War: The Remarkable Diaries of Five Ordinary People by Simon Garfield Hardcover £28.99 Get it as soon as Saturday, Jul 9 FREE Delivery on orders dispatched by Amazon over £10 Our Hidden Lives by Simon Garfield Hardcover £22.20 Get it 8 11 Jul £2. Pam Ashford, a woman who keeps her head when all around are losing theirs, writes with comic genius about life in her Glasgow shipping office.Ĭhristopher Tomlin, a writing-paper salesman for whom business is booming, longs to be called up like his brother.Įileen Potter organises evacuations for flea-ridden children, while mother-of-three Tilly Rice is frustrated to be sent to Cornwall. In Our Hidden Lives, Simon Garfield has skilfully woven a tapestry of diary. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham Prize.
We Are At War is the story of five everyday folk, who, living on the brink of chaos, recorded privately on paper their most intimate hopes and fears. Simon Garfield is the author of ten highly-acclaimed books of non-fiction.
Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries of those who lived through it. World War II England (382 books) Discover new books on Goodreads Meet your next favorite book Join Goodreads Listopia World War II England Books set in WWII England that show the struggle and sacrifice the English people faced.
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