Goodbye East End
An Evacuee's Story

The author tells the story of his own experience as a boy (8-10 years old) of living in the English countryside, after he and his older sister were moved out of London to protect them from bombings in the city during WWII. But this account is more than that. Mr Merron tells of his growing appreciati......more

In spite of the painful memories (not too many are recorded) and the challenges of being Jewish during World War 2, however while living in Great Britain, the author is expert at extracting the nectar of memory and putting into even more palatable form for the reader. What a deeply creative man with......more

A captivating story of a boy from London's East End and how he survived the atrocities of WW2. I feel this book gives a different perspective of WW2 and helps shows the magnitude that war has. This book held a personal touch for me as my grandad (still alive at the time of writing this review) came......more

I enjoyed reading this story knowing it was told from the authors realised memories of his life experience as a Jewish child as an evacuee the trials experienced and how his gwneeal views on life changed, in particular his religious beliefs.......more

Makes you realise how lucky / fortunate we are in the UK these days - but this had a "personal" aspect for me as where David was evacuated to - Aylesbury area, I lived in for 5-6 years -so recognised some places he talked about - even though I was there 60 years after he was.......more