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The Diaries of Nella Last: Writing in War and Peace by Patricia Malcolmson, Robert Malcolmson (Paperback, 2012)
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By Patricia Malcolmson, Robert Malcolmson. They have edited several MO Diaries, including Nella Last's Peace and Nella Last in the 1950s. The live in Nelson, British Columbia. Edited by Malcolmson, Robert.
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'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person . can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. More than sixty years on, tens of thousands of people have read and enjoyed three volumes of her vivid and moving diaries, written during the Second World War and its aftermath as part of the Mass Observation project - and the basis for BAFTA-winning drama Housewife 49 starring Victoria Wood. The Diaries of Nella Last, brings together into a single volume the best of Nella's prolific outpourings, including a great deal of new, unpublished material from the war years. Capturing the everyday trials and horrors of wartime Britain and the nation's transition into peacetime and beyond, Nella's touching and often humorous narrative provides an invaluable historical portrait of what daily life was like for ordinary people in the 1940s and 1950s. Outwardly Nella's life was commonplace; but behind this mask were a penetrating mind and a lively pen. As David Kynaston said on Radio 4, she 'will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth century English diarists.'Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139781846685460
eBay Product ID (ePID)117498978
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Book TitleThe Diaries of Nella Last: Writing in War and Peace
AuthorPatricia Malcolmson, Robert Malcolmson
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2012
Number of Pages576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width135mm
Item Weight464g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorPatricia Malcolmson, Robert Malcolmson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 20 Mar, 2019
Lovely lady- Lovely Book!
Having just read her original 3 books. I was keen to get the last one- it certainly doesn’t disappoint! Just passed first 3 to my sister & am reading this last one myself. This book gives a priveledged view into the war, post war and 50s world I grew up in but was too little to understand; in fact children weren’t allowed to know things- not allowed to read newspapers always and certainly not involved in the world of adult conversations. This book opens those worlds which, as an adult, I can now relate to my early memories and family stories and make sense of things otherwise shrouded in secrecy and mystery. These books have allowed me to make sense of events , hopes, fears and reality through Nella ‘s very open and honest writing. I’m truly grateful to Nella and her family fit being so open. This book has been cathartic fir me.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jul, 2020
Brilliant wartime/peacetime diary.
Been after this for ages after seeing Housewife,49.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
