Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife, 49 - Softcover

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Nella Last's War established a housewife and mother from Barrow-in-Furness as one of the most powerful and moving voices of the Second World War, and inspired the award-winning television drama Housewife, 49. In this next instalment of her unique diaries, Nella Last describes how ordinary people re-built their lives after the war was over.

While the Allies' victory was a cause for hope and celebration, much privation and anxiety remained. 'The only peace is that there are no active hostilities,' Nella wrote, 'but the corrosion of the war years is eating deeper into civilisation.' In her sensitive and playful account of daily life in the austerity years, written like her diaries for the Mass Observation project, Nella Last captures the thoughts and feelings of post-war Britain.

'If the historians could see clearly enough, this could well be called the age of frustration...after all, for ordinary people, it's the little things that count, whether for good or ill.' Nella Last

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Nella Last kept a diary throughout WWII, under the auspices of the Mass Observation Archive. Her record of events offers a unique insight into one woman's war - on the Home Front. She died in 1968. Robert Malcolmson is Professor Emeritus of history at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Patricia Malcolmson is a historian and a former executive in the Ontario public service. They live in Cobourg, Ontario.
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"Her account records the personal adjustments returning to housework full time, dealing with a husband's moods, simply figuring out how to put a meal together in lean times that trickle into daily life amid sweeping international change. It's not necessary to read Last's first volume to become immediately absorbed by her honest and heartfelt story." Washington Post

"A fantastic story This is not the war of the newsreels it's about tiny domestic difficulties, lumpy custard." Victoria Wood

"I relished it her personality is so powerful There are so many things to admire about her." Margaret Forster

"A classic of wartime literature highly engaging, very moving. All Home Front life is here, especially the kitchen sink." Simon Garfield



"Her account records the personal adjustments―returning to housework full time, dealing with a husband's moods, simply figuring out how to put a meal together in lean times―that trickle into daily life amid sweeping international change. It's not necessary to read Last's first volume to become immediately absorbed by her honest and heartfelt story."―Washington Post

"A fantastic story...This is not the war of the newsreels―it's about tiny domestic difficulties, lumpy custard."―Victoria Wood

"I relished it...her personality is so powerful...There are so many things to admire about her."―Margaret Forster

"A classic of wartime literature―highly engaging, very moving. All Home Front life is here, especially the kitchen sink."―Simon Garfield

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