Few Eggs and No Oranges: The Diaries of Vere Hodgson 1940-45
A Historical, Memoir, Diary book. This book is the 1940-1945 excerpt of a diary kept by a woman working in London throughout World War II....
Vere Hodgson worked for a Notting Hill Gate charity during the Second World War ; being sparky and unflappable, she was not going to let Hitler make a difference to her life, but the beginning of the Blitz did, which is why she began her published diaries on 25 June 1940: 'Last night at about 1 a.m. 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...' The war continued for five more years, but Vere's comments on her work, friends, what was happening to London and the news ('We hold our breath over Crete', 'There is to be a new system of Warning') combine to make Few Eggs and No Oranges unusually readable. It is a long - 600 page - book but a deeply engrossing one. The TLS...
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- Pages: 590 pages
- ISBN: 9780953478088 / 953478084
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I've really liked this home-front diary. It is obvious that Vere Hodgson wrote it to be read by a broader public, because it is engaging and some times even humorous, and was conscious of the important times she was recording, for she is thorough about key events of Second World War and the effect they had on day-to-day life. Besides,... This book is the 1940-1945 excerpt of a diary kept by a woman working in London throughout World War II. I have read many compilations of such journals as well as Nellie Last's journals, but this was the first one I've read from one continuous viewpoint based in London throughout the War. I found the continuity valuable and was interested... Very evocative of wartime London and the Blitz. I didn't want it to end!
