Author: Townsend, Colin and Eileen,
Title: WAR WIVES - A Second World War Anthology.
Description: Grafton, London, 1989, 1st edn., xvi, 297pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6" approx.), testimony of the unsung heroines of the Second World War: the 'ordinary housewives of Britain and Germany, left to survive without their menfolk for sometimes over seven years. The story is told in their own words - dramatic, funny, tragic, poignant. Each letter or journal, seen here for the first time, gives a unique insight into the effects of war on everyday life and relationships. lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww2 home front women wives


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