Before The Last All Clear (Reminiscence) - Softcover

Evans, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753193817 ISBN 13: 9780753193815

Publisher: Reminiscence Large Print, 2007

Synopsis

During World War II around three and a half million British people were evacuated away from possible air raids in the big cities in one of the largest social upheavals Great Britain has ever seen. Many of the evacuees were children. Journeys from the cities were long and tiring and the evacuees did not know where they were going. They were often dropped off in groups and gathered in a local village hall or school to be 'chosen' by the prospective foster parents. One of those children was Ray Evans whose family was transported from Liverpool to the Welsh Town of Llanelli. In "Before the Last All Clear", Evans tells a harrowing tale of leaving his mother and being forced to live with families who at best regarded him as a nuisance and at worst exploited him. Evans account takes a happy turn when he is billeted to a family who make him so welcome that he is reluctant to leave them at the end of the war. Written in a simple, direct style "Before the Last All Clear" depicts a world far removed from the glamour and sophistication of the twenty-first century.

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Review

The witty yet deeply poignant memories of a man still haunted by the cruelties he endured. --Daily Mail

From the Author

can you tell me when you expect this book to be released, and
when i can get a copy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Reminiscence Large Print
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0753193817
• ISBN 13: 9780753193815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280