Love a good pun! And, as I put in the tags, I realised that we’ve featured this author on Brilliant Book Titles before, in fact, she provided our very first one!
You can reserve a copy online at South Dublin Libraries’ catalogue here.
Blurb:
The compelling true story that inspired the hugely successful major ITV drama series HOME FIRES – now in its second season.
The Second World War was the WI’s finest hour. The whole of its previous history – two decades of educating, entertaining and supporting women and campaigning on women’s issues – culminated in the enormous collective responsibility felt by the members to ‘do their bit’ for Britain. With all the vigour, energy and enthusiasm at their disposal, a third of a million country women set out to make their lives and the lives of those around them more bearable in what they described as ‘a period of insanity’.
Through archive material and interviews with many WI members, Julie Summers takes us behind the scenes, revealing their nitty-gritty approach to the daily problems presented by the conflict. Jambusters is the fascinating story of how the Women’s Institute pulled rural Britain through the war with pots of jam and a spirit of make-do-and-mend.
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This is one I REALLY want to track down. Many, many thanks for sharing. Love the cool Bronze Award in the sidebar, by the way…:)
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Yeah, I think I might give it a read myself. Looks super interesting. I’ve read a couple of books on the social aspects of WWII and they’ve been fascinating.
Aww thanks! Still super chuffed over it! We’ve only been going six months!!
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It’s an amazing achievement – I just wish ALL libraries did this stuff:))
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Aw thanks! Well, I’m hoping we’ll start a trend! The only other place I’ve come across is one of our commentators here, the lovely Berryville Library, who have their blog and library challenges here: https://berryvillebookbuzz.wordpress.com/
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Thank you – what a great blog:)
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I tried to share this via Twitter, but the button doesn’t seem to be working:(. I’ll come back and have another go, later…
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Hrm, that’s weird, it looked okay when I clicked it just now. A ghost in the machine perhaps?
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I think it’s my end – I’m having difficulty connecting to Twitter. Oh joy…
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I shall say a prayer to the technological gods for you! Like I have to do for my wifi at home sometimes…
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