An anthology of linked short stories set in the Second World War.
As seen through the eyes of Joey Muldoon a young boy from a lower
workingA country at war as told through the 'Dairies' of a nine
year old kid. Joey Muldoon's entries only occasionally touch on the
Nazi Master Plan for World Domination. A much more fertile source
for him was the no-man's-land of the red hot verbal exchanges
between a failed comedian father and a feisty, still beautiful ex
showgirl mother... With few examples of masculinity, (due to the
'call-up') kids like him learned to cope without male role models.
We did have however, the magnificent bonus of our Mums and older
women in our corner. And what women they were Prepared to take on
the heaviest manual labour, protect us, and even lay down their
lives for us. They taught us how to stand up for ourselves, how to
get over the death of a loved one, how to deal with the shock of
our sexual awakening. Best of all they taught us that fun and
laughter, unlike almost everything else was not rationed. Joey's
stories often verging on the bawdy, tell us little about the major
incidents of the Second World War. What they may do is remind us of
time when kids took on responsibilities at an earlier age, and
relinquished their innocence much later. K.B.
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