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Item Details
Title:
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CHILD FROM HOME
MEMORIES OF A NORTH COUNTRY EVACUEE |
By: |
John Wright |
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Electronic book text |
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£14.39 |
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ISBN 10: |
0752480030 |
ISBN 13: |
9780752480039 |
Publisher: |
THE HISTORY PRESS LTD |
Pub. date: |
30 November, 2011 |
Synopsis: |
In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. His story is not unlike any other during the upheaval of wartime, but in this remarkably lucid and detailed set of recollections, a seventy-three-year-old man tells his story of love, loss and life with the delight and fear of a wartime child. His poignant memories of cruelty and hurt are set against a beautiful voyage of discovery as a young boy explores the Yorkshire countryside and comes of age in a unique environment, only to be struck by an unbearable tragedy. A bittersweet tale of innocence and stark realities, Child from Home explores why wartime means so much to our collective memory - and reveals the devastating effect we have on children as we try to protect them from conflict. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
The History Press Ltd |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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