"Her account records the personal adjustments that trickle into daily life amid sweeping international change."—The Washington Post
This collection brings together into a single volume the best of Nella Last's prolific outpourings, including a great deal of new, unpublished material from the war years. Capturing the everyday trials and horrors of wartime Britain and the nation's transition into peacetime and beyond, Nella's touching and often humorous narrative provides an invaluable historical portrait of what daily life was like for ordinary people in the 1940s and 1950s.
Patricia Malcomson and Robert Malcolmson are social historians. They live in Nelson, British Columbia.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 16652335-n
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # HU-9781846685460
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new184668546X
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person . can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. More than sixty years on, tens of thousands of people have read and enjoyed three volumes of her vivid and moving diaries, written during the Second World War and its aftermath as part of the Mass Observation project - and the basis for BAFTA-winning drama Housewife 49 starring Victoria Wood. The Diaries of Nella Last, brings together into a single volume the best of Nella's prolific outpourings, including a great deal of new, unpublished material from the war years. Capturing the everyday trials and horrors of wartime Britain and the nation's transition into peacetime and beyond, Nella's touching and often humorous narrative provides an invaluable historical portrait of what daily life was like for ordinary people in the 1940s and 1950s. Outwardly Nella's life was commonplace; but behind this mask were a penetrating mind and a lively pen. As David Kynaston said on Radio 4, she 'will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth century English diarists.' A collected edition of bestselling author Nella Last's diaries, including substantial never-before-published material from the war years. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781846685460
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781846685460
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_184668546X
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781846685460
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9781846685460-GDR
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ria9781846685460_new
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 512 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __184668546X