- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Portrait (17 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749950676
- ISBN-13: 978-0749950675
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 25.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 193,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, a lavishly illustrated account of how the Second World War impacted on the lives of children. This book is published to accompany the major exhibition in 2005 to be held at the Imperial War Museum on the lives of children during World War II. It looks at the evacuees who were forced to adjust to separation from family and friends; and those who stayed in the cities to endure the horrors of the Blitz. It describes in words and pictures every aspect of life on the home front for children - through letters, diaries, drawings, posters and photos, plus numerous vivid first hand accounts. The result is a supremely nostalgic and poignant reminder of what the war meant for the innocent children caught up in it.
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Juliet Gardiner has written a number of acclaimed illustrated books on social history; based on the Channel 4 series. She lives in north London.
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
We constantly are confronted with reports and pictures from WWII and somehow it seems to blend together. This outstanding book gives an incredable insight into children's views of what adults did to them during WWII. I am 37 years old and it never even remotly occurred to me to look at it from this point of view. This book made me ask my parents about their feelings and the things that happened to them during this tragic time. The reports are very touching, the pictures of evacuated children somehow are getting more under my skin than the often seen ones about trenches and other war victims. What has this war done to this generation? How were they able to rebuild a life after all what happened to them? A book that I am sure I will pick up over and over again.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book after visiting the excellent Imperial War Museum exhibition it accompanies and was not disappointed. A truly comprehensive record of childrens' lives in WW2 - very interesting text (I read it from cover to cover) and lots of fascinating pictures of photos, drawings and artefacts from the exhibition. Impressive.
Format:Hardcover
I have several books by Juliet Gardiner and I really like her writing style. This was no different. It's easy to understand and she doesn't waffle. I find WWII social history extremely interesting which is why I like this author. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I find that Juliet Gardiner's books a little bit repetitive. I guess she only has a certain amount of sources to use but I have 3 or 4 of her books and there are sources repeated in all of them.
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