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As Green as Grass: Growing Up Before, During & After the Second World War by Emma Smith (Paperback, 2014)

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Long since a successful novelist, she makes of her own young life an engaging and fast-paced tale ending on a glorious note - her wedding. We've gone green! This includes the tape, airbags, bubblewrap and biofill (commonly known to as loosefill, international only), and of course the boxes and catalogues themselves.

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Uprooted from her beloved Great Western Beach, Emma Smith moves with her family from Newquay to the Devonshire village of Crapstone. But the dust has hardly settled when tragedy strikes, and Emma's father, a DSO-decorated hero of the Great War, is so frustrated by the hardship of life as a lowly bank clerk and by his thwarted artistic ambitions that he suffers a catastrophic breakdown - from which disaster Emma's resourceful mother rallies courageously. Then, in 1939, the war again becomes a reality. Emma's sister Pam at once enlists with the WAAF and Jim, her politically minded brother, after initially declaring himself a pacifist, joins the RAF. But what should Emma, aged only sixteen, do? Secretarial collage equips her for a job with MI5 but it's dull work and Emma yearns for fresh air. She is rescued by a scheme taking on girls as crew for canal boats. Freedom! The war over, Emma travels to India with a documentary film company, lives in Chelsea, falls in love in France and spends time in Paris where she sets about mending a broken heart by writing her first novel. Sitting beside the Seine during a heatwave with her typewriter on her knees, she is unwittingly snapped by legendary photographer Robert Doisneau. The zest, thirst for life and buoyant spirits of Emma, as she recalls in evocative detail the quality of England in the thirties and forties give As Green as Grass the feel of a ready-made classic.

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781408835630
eBay Product ID (ePID)209549119

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Book TitleAs Green As Grass: Growing Up Before, During & after the Second World War
AuthorEmma Smith
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2014
Number of Pages336 Pages

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Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight270g

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Title_AuthorEmma Smith
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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  • by 7883juliel
    21 Aug, 2022

    No suspense, little drama but totally gripping!

    I'm loving the story telling of this lady, Emma. I read with eagerness her previous book, "Great Western Beach" as Newquay, her home town has always been our family holiday destination and we have such a great affinity with it. I couldn't wait to continue her story after they moved away and was concerned that it was Newquay that was the draw of the book but my enjoyment continues and her ease of writing is for me is delightful.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by katia123dogs
    21 Aug, 2024

    As Green as Grass by Emma Smith

    Delightful read, a follow up to Great Western Beach which is a must for anyone who knows Cornwall

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