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Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49' (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Nella Last's WarIn September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family tried to adapt to civilian life.
Full description- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Published: 16 November 2006
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Autobiography: General | Diaries, Letters & Journals | Memoirs | British & Irish History | Second World War
- ISBN 13: 9781846680007 ISBN 10: 184668000X
- Sales rank: 2,011
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Full description for Nella Last's War
In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family tried to adapt to civilian life. Writing each day for the 'Mass Observation' project, Nella, a middle-aged housewife from the bombed town of Barrow, shows what people really felt during this time. This was the period in which she turned 50, saw her children leave home, and reviewed her life and her marriage - which she eventually compares to slavery. Her growing confidence as a result of her war work makes this a moving (though often comic) testimony, which, covering sex, death and fear of invasion, provides a new, unglamorised, female perspective on the war years. 'Next to being a mother, I'd have loved to write books' - Oct 8, 1939.
