How the men and women of Britain found ‘the road home’ after the Great War. From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE LOST POST.
11am, 11.11.1918: the war is finally over.
After four long years Britain welcomed her heroes home. Wives and mothers were reunited with loved ones they’d feared they’d never see again. Fathers met sons and daughters born during the war years for the very first time. It was a time of great joy – but it was also a time of enormous change.
The soldiers and nurses who survived life at the Front faced the reality of rebuilding their lives in a society that had changed beyond recognition. How did the veterans readjust to civilian life? How did they cope with their war wounds, work and memories of lost comrades? And what of the people they returned to – the independent young women who were asked to give up the work they had been enjoying, the wives who had to readjust to life with men who seemed like strangers?
11am, 11.11.1918: the war is finally over.
After four long years Britain welcomed her heroes home. Wives and mothers were reunited with loved ones they’d feared they’d never see again. Fathers met sons and daughters born during the war years for the very first time. It was a time of great joy – but it was also a time of enormous change.
The soldiers and nurses who survived life at the Front faced the reality of rebuilding their lives in a society that had changed beyond recognition. How did the veterans readjust to civilian life? How did they cope with their war wounds, work and memories of lost comrades? And what of the people they returned to – the independent young women who were asked to give up the work they had been enjoying, the wives who had to readjust to life with men who seemed like strangers?
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A poignant and profound collection of memories, it provides essential reading for all.
Fascinating and highly readable. Now that no one is around to tell these stories it is invaluable that they have been put into print -- especially in such an accessible form.
Arthur's easily digestible anthology of poignant memories and personal testimonies is as moving as it is important.
This fascinating and sensitive accuont shows how veterans coped with war wounds, work and memories of those lost.
This fascinating and sensitive accuont shows how veterans coped with war wounds, work and memories of those lost.
Fascinating and highly readable. Now that no one is around to tell these stories it is invaluable that they have been put into print -- especially in such an accessible form.
Arthur's easily digestible anthology of poignant memories and personal testimonies is as moving as it is important.
A deeply poignant and thought provoking read.
A deeply poignant and thought provoking read.
A poignant and profound collection of memories, it provides essential reading for all.