| Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49 | 
 enlarge | Author: Nella Last
Creators: Richard Broad, Suzie Fleming
Publisher: Profile Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 144501
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 184668000X
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9781846680007
ASIN: 184668000X
Publication Date: 2006
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Product Description
In 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length, and quality, have created a record of WWII. This is a moving testimony, that, covering sex, death, and fear of invasion, provides a new, unglamorized female perspective on the war years.
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wonderful Book November 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I would have liked to have known this Lady this was the best book I have read in years
Quite A Lady August 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had been wanting to read this book for two years, having seen Lynne Hymers reading it in "The 1940s House." It was definitely worth the wait--I devoured this book like a good meal. Nella Last was a very resourceful, imaginative woman. I very much enjoyed her candid honesty, and the way she kept her sense of humor, even while missing her boys and dealing with her husband. I'm very much looking forward to the second volume of her diary.
Honest depiction of homefront during WWII July 28, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nella Last was a participant in the Mass Observation project. Her diary of the life of an "ordinary" British housewife during the war was open, honest, and reflective. I loved watching her grow from a submissive housewife to an independent, confident woman who found she could remain loving and caring without being a doormat. I found many of the mundane details of dealing with rationing, running a canteen, preparing for bombing, etc. on the homefront to be fascinating. I would have like to have known her, but at least I had the opportunity through this book.
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