Eve's War

Diaries of real people have a certain appeal, and when those people live in interesting times they are fascinating. They have an immediacy that is valuable in many ways, an honesty without the benefit of hindsight and self editing. When they are well written as this volume they reveal a lot about th......more

This was May's book from the library. I picked this up as it looked interesting and I was, to be honest, in a bit of a rush to get home. It was an interesting read and eye-opening how the other half lived during the war years. I have read about the working class experience of the war, and my own gran......more

Quite probably the best book I have read in a very long time. I eagerly read from the beginning to the end of the war in a day, far to gripping to stop turning the pages. I then savoured the post war entries the following day. What an incredible gift the editors and family have given us in sharing t......more