Mrs Miles's Diary: The Wartime Journal of a Housewife on the Home Front
A World War II, War, Nonfiction book. Apart from the fact that there are loads of typos in this edition( but so what - only cost...
At the outbreak of the Second World War Constance Miles was living with her husband in the pretty Surrey village of Shere. A prolific correspondent with a keen interest in current affairs, Constance kept a war journal from 1939 to 1943, recording in vivid detail what life was like for women on the Home Front. She writes of the impact of evacuees, of food shortages and the creative uses of what food there was, and the fears of the local populace, who wonder how they will cope. She tells of refugees from central Europe billeted in village houses and, later in the war, of the influx of American servicemen. She travels frequently to London, mourning the destruction of familiar landmarks and recording the devastation of the Blitz, but still finds time for tea in the Strand. A woman of strong convictions, Mrs Miles is not afraid to voice her opinion on public figures and her worries about the social upheavals she feels certain to follow the war. But most of all her journals record an overlooked aspect of the conflict: the impact on communities outside of major cities, who endured hardships we find hard to imagine...
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- ISBN: 9781471125591 / 0
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If you're looking for a firsthand account of what Great Britain was like during the early years of World War II, then this book is for you. Sometimes I got a little bogged down in Connie's friends and family, but her account really brought home the apprehension and deprivation as well as the resilience of the British. I very much enjoyed this diary written by an older lady (Mrs Miles was in her late 50s when she started writing these accounts) of her experiences during the Second World War. With two grown up sons serving, one then medically retired and then risking his life travelling to Africa, Mrs Miles was already an established writer and educated... Apart from the fact that there are loads of typos in this edition( but so what - only cost me $3) it was a great little holiday read. I don't think I realised how little information was given to the general population, or how shambolic the Homeguard organisation was. It certainly does evoke the kinds of concerns and heartaches that...
