Keep smiling through : my wartime story /
by Lynn, Vera [author.]; Lewis-Jones, Virginia [author.].
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BookPublisher: Leicester : Charnwood, 2018Description: 288 pages (large print) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781444838961 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5425 LYNSubject(s): Lynn, Vera | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma | Large type books | Warfare and Defence | European history | Autobiography: generalSummary: 'I WAS JUST TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN I WENT TO BURMA. IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOR EVER. UP UNTIL THAT TIME, I HAD NOT REALLY TRAVELLED ANYWHERE AT ALL, APART FROM ONE TOURING VISIT TO HOLLAND WITH A BAND I WAS SINGING WITH BEFORE THE WAR, AND I HAD CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN IN AN AEROPLANE. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO DO MY BIT.' Written with her daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, this is the story of the time Vera Lynn spent with troops in wartime Burma. Based in part on a diary she kept, alongside unpublished personal letters and photographs from surviving veterans and their families, it explores why this was such a life-defining event for her, and how her presence helped the people who heard her sing.
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| Large Print - Adult | Netherton Library | Large Print Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5425 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 03/07/2024 | 002992598x |
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Standard print edition originally published: London: Century, 2017.
'I WAS JUST TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN I WENT TO BURMA. IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOR EVER. UP UNTIL THAT TIME, I HAD NOT REALLY TRAVELLED ANYWHERE AT ALL, APART FROM ONE TOURING VISIT TO HOLLAND WITH A BAND I WAS SINGING WITH BEFORE THE WAR, AND I HAD CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN IN AN AEROPLANE. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO DO MY BIT.' Written with her daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, this is the story of the time Vera Lynn spent with troops in wartime Burma. Based in part on a diary she kept, alongside unpublished personal letters and photographs from surviving veterans and their families, it explores why this was such a life-defining event for her, and how her presence helped the people who heard her sing.
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