This is an account of what it was like for one young girl and her brother being evacuated three times during World War II. Over seventy years on Audrey Curtain reminisces about those times. In between the three separate evacuations she and her brother retuned to London and experienced living in an area which had been badly damaged by the Blitz.
For Curtain writing this book helped her to come to terms with her memories of that time. However the reader thereby doesn’t quite get the experience of the child living through these events; there is too much adult rationalisation going on.
Nevertheless some of the details are extremely interesting. There is a Labrador that knows when the Doodle Bugs are coming. The two children were treated well enough in their various foster homes but without any real affection. Maye the latter was more noticeable because their parents were particularly affectionate. The household included a couple of uncles living with them. We are reminded that his was quite commonplace then.
This book is, of course, one of many but does add to the insights that we might gain about this period.
No comments:
Post a Comment