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Stranger in the House: Women´s Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War
Julie Summers
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Description for Stranger in the House: Women´s Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War
Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World War Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
'It is as if I have been waiting for someone to ask me these questions for almost the whole of my life'
From 1945, more than four million British servicemen were demobbed and sent home after the most destructive war in history. Damaged by fighting, imprisonment or simply separation from their loved ones, these men returned to a Britain that had changed in their absence.
In Stranger in the House, Julie Summers tells the women's story, interviewing over a hundred women who were on the receiving end of demobilisation: the mothers, wives, sisters, who had to ... Read more
'It is as if I have been waiting for someone to ask me these questions for almost the whole of my life'
From 1945, more than four million British servicemen were demobbed and sent home after the most destructive war in history. Damaged by fighting, imprisonment or simply separation from their loved ones, these men returned to a Britain that had changed in their absence.
In Stranger in the House, Julie Summers tells the women's story, interviewing over a hundred women who were on the receiving end of demobilisation: the mothers, wives, sisters, who had to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416526841
SKU
V9781416526841
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About Julie Summers
Julie Summers is a bestselling author and historian. Her books include: Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine; The Colonel of Tamarkan, a biography of her grandfather, the man who built the 'real' bridge on the River Kwai; Stranger in the House, a social history of servicemen reuniting with their families after the Second World War, and When the Children Came ... Read more
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