Основной контент книги Wartime in Whitstable Remembered
Text

Volume 150 pages

0+

Wartime in Whitstable Remembered

$11.02

About the book

Jessie Vine's memoir begins in the last few days of peace in 1939. As the Anderson shelter is installed in the back garden of their Rochester home, Jessie, with her young daughter Joy, eagerly awaits her husband Tom's homecoming, as his ship returns to Chatham Dockyard. And then, when war seems inevitable, Jessie organises an evacuation from Rochester to Whitstable, where she rents a bungalow in the suburb of Tankerton. Tom soon goes back to sea, and the perils of war. They do not see him again for two years. In the meantime, Jessie helps out at a local school, while organising endless collections of salvage. When time allows, mother and daughter cycle all over East Kent to hunt down old film. With these prizes, Jessie compiles a unique photographic diary of life on the home front, which she sends to Tom at sea.

Genres and tags

Log in, to rate the book and leave a review
Book Paul Crampton «Wartime in Whitstable Remembered» — read a free excerpt of the book online. Leave comments and reviews, vote for your favorites.
Age restriction:
0+
Release date on Litres:
06 November 2024
Volume:
150 p.
ISBN:
9780752490151
Copyright holder:
Bookwire
Draft, audio format available
Average rating 4,7 based on 70 ratings
Text, audio format available
Average rating 4,7 based on 379 ratings
Audio
Average rating 4,2 based on 756 ratings
Text, audio format available
Average rating 4,8 based on 138 ratings
Text, audio format available
Average rating 4,8 based on 32 ratings
Text
Average rating 5 based on 86 ratings
Text
Average rating 0 based on 0 ratings
Text
Average rating 0 based on 0 ratings