A Home from Home

Robin, Neil

ISBN 10: 1837942447 / ISBN 13: 9781837942442

Published by Vanguard Press, 2024

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind. Seller Inventory # wbs9142452803

Synopsis:

Around 18,000 men, women and children were evacuated from Guernsey in the space of two days in June 1940, before German forces invaded and occupied the island for five years.
A Home from Home unveils the poignant memories of two little girls separated from their parents at the island's harbour, adapting to life in England and their mother's desperate search to find them.
Also taking in the experiences of eight other child-evacuees, this book reveals the emotional and heartrending challenges that many islanders faced during five years away from their homes and also on their return to Guernsey when the war ended.
A Home from Home reflects the courage of families torn apart by war and the kindness of many strangers towards them.

About the Author: Lucy Leadbeater Lucy was a student at the Gymnasium Münchenstein in Basel, Switzerland, in 2022 and as part of her studies she was required to write a 20,000-word research paper on a subject of her choice. Her mother was born and raised on the island of Guernsey and during family visits there, Lucy had often heard her grandmother and her great-aunt talking about the occupation of the island by German forces during the Second World War and about their own evacuation to England to escape it. She, therefore, decided to focus her dissertation on the reliability of oral history in the context of those older relatives recalling their wartime experiences some eighty years later. Lucy's paper earned her very high marks, with the examiners commenting that it was a very interesting and moving piece of work. Neil Robin Neil has lived in Guernsey for all of his life and worked for the Guernsey civil service for thirty years, then another twelve years in journalism and public relations before retiring in 2019. Neil is married with two children and five grandchildren and spent the first couple of years of his retirement writing a couple of books - namely A Breed Apart (published by Pegasus) and Cobo Sunset. As an old family friend, Neil asked if he could read a copy of Lucy's paper and on doing so, he felt sure that it could be the basis for a good book. Neil and Lucy agreed that while there had been a good number of books written about the occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War, there seemed to be rather less written about the experiences of the child evacuees. This prompted them to press ahead with the idea of recording the wartime memories of Lucy's elderly relatives in a book, together with brief reminiscences from eight other child evacuees, so that these might be informative to and enjoyed by future generations. Neil, therefore, set aside completing Cobo Sunset and turned his hand to translating Lucy's academic piece accordingly. The collaboration of Neil's creative writing skills and Lucy's research work has resulted in what you are currently holding in your hand. We hope you enjoy it.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Home from Home
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Like New