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Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood
1.  Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood by Terence Frisby
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  "Moving, often funny account of a WW2 evacuee"
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All Our Yesterdays: An Anthology of Childhood Memories
2.  All Our Yesterdays: An Anthology of Childhood Memories by Gervase Phinn
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  "Compelling account of childhood memories"
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Don't Forget to Write: The true story of an evacuee and her family
3.  Don't Forget to Write: The true story of an evacuee and her family by Pam Hobbs
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  "Absorbing account of a wartime evacuee"
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Farewell To The East End
4.  Farewell To The East End by Jennifer Worth
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  "Memoirs of a midwife in London's East End"
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Full Hearts And Empty Bellies: A 1920s Childhood from the Forest of Dean to the Streets of London
5.  Full Hearts And Empty Bellies: A 1920s Childhood from the Forest of Dean to the Streets of London by Winifred Foley
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  "Superlative account of a 1920s childhood"
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The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, The Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches
6.  The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, The Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches by Harry Patch
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  "The life of Harry Patch, WW1 vet"
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Never Surrender: Lost Voices of a Generation at War
7.  Never Surrender: Lost Voices of a Generation at War by Robert Kershaw
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  "Moving testimonies of the so-called ‘lost generation’"
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Stranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War
8.  Stranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War by Julie Summers
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  "Men and women and WW2"
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Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London
9.  Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London by Jennifer Worth
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  "Reflections on life in postwar London"
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Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s
10.  Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth
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  "Compelling true story of life in the East End in the 1950s"
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Some Lessons in Gaelic
11.  Some Lessons in Gaelic by McCawley Grange
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  "Rites of passage in rural Ireland"
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