Love Lessons
A Wartime Diary
$57.62
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 December 2001
Summary
August 1939. As a teenage Catholic virgin, Joan Wyndham spent her days trying to remain pure and unsullied and her nights trying to stay alive. Huddled in the air-raid shelter, she wrote secretly and obsessively about the strange yet exhilarating times she was living through, sure that this was ‘ the happiest time of my life’.
On my way to the studio there was an air-raid. I ran into the brick shelter in the middle of the road. There were poor little Leonard and Agnes sitting on their…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781860498770 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1860498779 |
| Author: | Joan Wyndham |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 December 2001 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
No one, except Anthony Powell, has managed to create so exactly the atmosphere of London in the forties– THE TIMES
Fresh, exuberant, wonderfully funny - VAL HENNESSY
A marvellous book – so funny, and moving, and its immediacy is extraordinary! Joan Wyndham is a marvellous writer, one of those rare people with perfect pitch - SELINA HASTINGSNo one, except Anthony Powell, has managed to create so exactly the atmosphere of London in the forties - THE TIMESA latter-day Pepys in camiknickers - (tbc)Fresh, exuberant, wonderfully funny - VAL HENNESSYA marvellous book – so funny, and moving, and its immediacy is extraordinary! Joan Wyndham is a marvellous writer, one of those rare people with perfect pitch - SELINA HASTINGSNo one, except Anthony Powell, has managed to create so exactly the atmosphere of London in the forties - THE TIMESA latter-day Pepys in camiknickers - (tbc)Joan Wyndham
Since 1945, Joan Wyndham has led a rich and varied life, including opening Oxford’s first espresso bar, running a hippie restaurant in Portobello Road, and cooking at major pop festivals. Married and with two daughters, she lives in London.
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