Eve's war : the diaries of a military wife during the Second World War /

by Shillington, Evelyn; Fox, Barbara.

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BookPublisher: London : Sphere, 2017Description: xviii, 310 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780751567021 (pbk.) :; 0751567027 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 941.083 SHISubject(s): Shillington, Evelyn -- Diaries | Army spouses -- Great Britain -- Diaries | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English | World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Sources | History | HistorySummary: When Jacy Wall cleaned out her attic, she didn't know that she ended up throwing away a precious piece of family history. But then her cousin's wartime diaries were rescued by an enterprising antiques dealer and she discovered a past that she didn't know existed. Evelyn Shillington's diaries tell the story of a woman full of British pluck who gamely followed her officer husband around Britain in course of his WWII army war service, making a home for them both in each of their billets and getting involved in local war work.

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Book - Adult Paperback	Formby Library	Adult Non-Fiction	941.083 SHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	002946363X
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When Jacy Wall cleaned out her attic, she didn't know that she ended up throwing away a precious piece of family history. But then her cousin's wartime diaries were rescued by an enterprising antiques dealer and she discovered a past that she didn't know existed. Evelyn Shillington's diaries tell the story of a woman full of British pluck who gamely followed her officer husband around Britain in course of his WWII army war service, making a home for them both in each of their billets and getting involved in local war work.

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