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9780901627414: Entertaining Eric: Letters from the Home Front, 1941-44
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ISBN 10 : 0901627410 ISBN 13 : 9780901627414
Editeur : Leo Cooper Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Book by Wells Maureen

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1941, as the Second World War raged on, 20-year-old Maureen Bolster began writing to her boyfriend Eric Wells. He was stationed in the Middle East while Maureen remained on the Home Front. Their letters would be the only communication between the young love-struck couple for four long years.

Filled with warmth and humour, this charming collection of Maureen's letters describes her life working for the war effort back home. Uproarious incidents occur when she encounters lecherous GIs, immoral lodgers and irascible landladies in her work first as a billeting officer; then as a Wren courier, bravely delivering secret documents by trains, boats and planes; and finally as a Wren stoker. But all the while her thoughts are with her sweetheart Eric as he fights for his country in such far away places as Bahrian, Cairo, Mosul and Beirut.

Funny, touching and romantic, Entertaining Eric tells the true story of a love that survived war and separation - against all odds.

Revue de presse

"Maureen is a candid, natural humorist: sometimes as good as Monica Dickens in her sharp observation" (The Times)

"Gloriously unself-conscious, like a diary emphatically not written for publication, Entertaining Eric recreates a world we have lost - of bath salts and lending libraries, red rubber hotties and black market perfume" (Sunday Times)

"In Entertaining Eric, Maureen comes across as courageous, sensible, humorous, patriotic, often judgemental, one of that breed of women usually referred to as 'the backbone of England'" (Telegraph)

"A fascinating, funny and touching account of one woman's war" (Today)

"Gutsy, humorous and a tiny bit snobby, she's a brilliant correspondent and chronicler of the times." (Sainsbury's Magazine)

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Éditeur
Leo Cooper Ltd
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0901627410
ISBN 13 
9780901627414
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
176
Éditeur
Wells Maureen
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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