{"product_id":"9781846680007","title":"Nella Last's War : The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49'","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Last, Nella, Trustees of the Mass Observation Archives, Broad, Richard, Fleming, Suzie, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/11\/2006,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages, illustrations,\u003cbr\u003e Series: 20th Century Architects, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Diaries \u0026amp; journals, Memoirs, Second World War\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781846680007\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIn September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eWhen war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family tried to adapt to civilian life. Writing each day for the \"Mass Observation\" project, Nella, a middle-aged housewife from the bombed town of Barrow, shows what people really felt during this time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was the period in which she turned 50, saw her children leave home, and reviewed her life and her marriage - which she eventually compares to slavery. Her growing confidence as a result of her war work makes this a moving (though often comic) testimony, which, covering sex, death and fear of invasion, provides a new, unglamorised, female perspective on the war years.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e'Next to being a mother, I'd have loved to write books.' Oct 8, 1939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otherFormats\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022216331417,"sku":"9781846680007","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781846680007.jpg?v=1602538686","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781846680007","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}