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In the summer of 1939, as war clouds gathered over Britain, Constance Miles, a housewife from a modest Surrey village, started keeping a diary that would become a vivid record of civilian life. Her entries detail the challenges faced by women: rationing, volunteering, and coping with the uncertainty of war. Written with a personal and honest tone, the diary offers a unique insight into the social aspects of wartime Britain from a domestic perspective.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Constance Miles
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