Stranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War - Brossura

Summers, Julie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1416526846 ISBN 13: 9781416526841

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2009

Riassunto

'It is as if I have been waiting for someone to ask me these questions for almost the whole of my life' From 1945, more than four million British servicemen were demobbed and sent home after the most destructive war in history. Damaged by fighting, imprisonment or simply separation from their loved ones, these men returned to a Britain that had changed in their absence. In Stranger in the House, Julie Summers tells the women's story, interviewing over a hundred women who were on the receiving end of demobilisation: the mothers, wives, sisters, who had to deal with an injured, emotionally-damaged relative; those who assumed their fiances had died only to find them reappearing after they had married another; women who had illegitimate children following a wartime affair as well as those whose steadfast optimism was rewarded with a delightful reunion. Many of the tales are moving, some are desperately sad, others are full of humour but all provide a fascinating account of how war altered ordinary women's lives forever.

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Recensione:

'A fine achievement' Spectator * 'A poignant, lingering account of war without end' BBC History Magazine * 'This book makes compelling reading' BBC Who Do You Think You Are?' Magazine * 'Her stories of both heartbreak and courage give voice to the women who fought their own battles throughout the war, and went on fighting long after peace had been declared' Mail on Sunday

L'autore:

Julie Summers is a writer, researcher and historian. Her books include Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine, and a biography of her grandfather, the man who built the 'real' bridge over the River Kwai, The Colonel of Tamarkan. She lives in Oxford.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1416526846
• ISBN 13: 9781416526841
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384