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The book is in 4 parts:
Part 1 – Life during the war
Part 2 – Stories from the war
Part 3 - More war-time memories
Part 4 – Helpful information – including a list of words and their meanings,
important dates during the war and a bibliography.
Heather Rayner, a contributor and critical reader, made the following comments which reflect exactly what I had hoped to achieve:
I found it very moving. It brought back a lot of memories of that time. I found it fascinating that, all over the country, children were having exactly the same experiences.
What a different country it was then, everyone coping with appalling conditions and getting on with whatever life threw at them with such courage and cheerfulness.
Your book does capture the strong sense of all being in it together and making the best of everything, be it a tragedy, family disruption, schooling lost, or being inventive with food and clothing rationing.
I feel you have captured the essence of what were - looking back now, for we who lived through it - really dreadful years. It brought out the strong character of the whole nation - the bravery of all ages, the poignancy, courage and resourcefulness of the British people.
This book is not a factual history book of WWII, more it is a collection of memories of adults in 2007/8 who were children between 1939 and 1945. This book is a series of their stories, anecdotes, tales and poems.
The book is for old and young alike. It has been written in an easy-to-read style so that children who are studying the Second World War as part of their curriculum can read it and, hopefully, get a feel for what it was really like being a child at this time. It is also for adults of any age to read the stories of childhood during the war.
The book is the result of extensive research by the author who has carefully woven the material into a cohesive book. Throughout the book quotations are included wherever possible so that it makes more interesting and lively reading. The first time a city, town or village is mentioned, a small map is shown within the text highlighting the approximate place.
All the people whose material has been used in the book were interviewed face to face; talked to on the telephone or they sent written accounts or emails of their lives and experiences.
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