Few Eggs and No Oranges: The War Diaries of Vere Hodgson 1940–45

with postcard signed by the publisher, Nicola Beauman

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First thus. Paperback in wrapper (with publisher's bookmark). 19.5 × 14cm, 590pp.

This copy has a postcard signed by Nicola Beauman, and author and founder of Persephone Books.

Few Eggs and No Oranges is sub-titled 'A Diary showing how Unimportant People in London and Birmingham lived through the war years 1940–45 written in the Notting Hill area of London by Vere Hodgson.' Vere was a sparky, unflappable, 38-year-old social worker. She had lived in Notting Hill since the early 1930s and nothing, certainly not Hitler, was going to force her to leave. Thus the outbreak of war in some respects made little difference to her life, but the beginning of the Blitz did—which is why she chose to start her published diaries on the day it began, 25 June 1940: 'Last night at about 1 am we had the first air raid of the war on London. My room is just opposite the police station, so I got the full benefit of the sirens. It made me leap out of bed...'

Condition

There is foxing to the pages' top edge but otherwise a strong readable copy.

ISBN

0953478084