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Stranger In The House - Women's Stories Of Men Returning From The Second World War (Paperback) Loot Price: R182
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Stranger In The House - Women's Stories Of Men Returning From The Second World War (Paperback)

Julie Summers

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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 deal with an injured, emotionally-damaged relative; those who assumed their fiances had died only to find them reappearing after they had married another; women who had illegitimate children following a wartime affair as well as those whose steadfast optimism was rewarded with a delightful reunion.

Many of the tales are moving, some are desperately sad, others are full of humour but all provide a fascinating account of how war altered ordinary women's lives forever.

General

Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2009
Authors: Julie Summers
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-2684-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN: 1-4165-2684-6
Barcode: 9781416526841

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