What Did You Do in the War, Mummy?: Women in World War II

Nicholson, Mavis

ISBN 10: 0701133562 / ISBN 13: 9780701133566

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1995

About this Item

8vo. 272 Page's. Illustrated. Signed by author to title-page. A Near Fine copy in like-wise Near Fine dust-wrapper. Free from any mark's, book-plate's, inscription's, under-lining, etc. The Dust-wrapper (£16.99) has NOT been price clipped. No sunning to any part of the book. (Not left in sunlight to fade).

Seller Inventory # 001489

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Did You Do in the War, Mummy?: Women in World War II
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701133562
• ISBN 13: 9780701133566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A collection of women, some famous, some completely unknown, from different walks of life, talk to Mavis Nicholson about how they lived, worked, loved, managed during the war years and how their lives were changed by their experiences. They were factory workers, entertainers, landgirls, mothers of evacuees, socialites, code breakers, black-marketeers, women who served in the forces. Their stories uncover the vivid detail of women's lives, the make-do and mend, the new freedom that war gave them, but also the euphoria and depression which followed, the post-war adjustments that had to be made. The book includes interviews with actress Molly Weir, writer, Mary Wesley, ballerina Alicia Markova, secret agent "Odette", Pauline Crabbe (Council for the Unmarried Mother), singer Anne Shelton's last interview and many others.

Review

"A wonderful read." --Paul O'Grady, Radio 2

"Fascinating." --"Financial Times"