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Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945 - Community Reviews back

by Joyce Dennys
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Austen to Zafón
Austen to Zafón rated it 13 years ago
Dennys was frustrated during WWII; frustrated with being "the doctor's wife" rather than her own person, with her role as a housewife, and mostly with being made to feel guilty about not "contributing" more to the war effort because she was an older & provincial woman. She vented these frustrations ...
Reflections
Reflections rated it 13 years ago
This is a light-hearted but moving book about life in small town Britain during WWII. The local villagers couldn't fight Hitler directly but they did what good they could by weeding gardens,raising funds, taking in evacuees and generally not letting the war get the best of them. Written as a series...
Maven Books
Maven Books rated it 13 years ago
Written as letters to a friend fighting in Europe during WWII, "Henrietta Sees It Through" follows Henrietta Brown, her family, and friends through the trials and tribulations of wartime England. Such a sweet book, it was slightly reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse, though Henrietta and her friends are n...
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