Keep Smiling Through
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A work of social history, Keep Smiling Through chronicles the everyday lives of British women on the home front during the Second World War, painting a vivid and deeply human portrait of resilience, resourcefulness, and community spirit. Susan Briggs draws on a wealth of personal accounts, diaries, and contemporary sources to illustrate how women navigated rationing, air raids, separation from loved ones, and the dramatic reshaping of their domestic and working lives. The tone is warm yet authoritative, balancing scholarly rigor with an accessible, engaging narrative that brings the era to life with remarkable detail. From the mundane challenges of making do with limited supplies to the profound emotional weight of wartime uncertainty, the book captures the full texture of a generation's experience. It stands as an essential and moving tribute to the quiet courage that defined life on the British home front.
Author: Susan Briggs
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Book Club Associates
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A work of social history, Keep Smiling Through chronicles the everyday lives of British women on the home front during the Second World War, painting a vivid and deeply human portrait of resilience, resourcefulness, and community spirit. Susan Briggs draws on a wealth of personal accounts, diaries, and contemporary sources to illustrate how women navigated rationing, air raids, separation from loved ones, and the dramatic reshaping of their domestic and working lives. The tone is warm yet authoritative, balancing scholarly rigor with an accessible, engaging narrative that brings the era to life with remarkable detail. From the mundane challenges of making do with limited supplies to the profound emotional weight of wartime uncertainty, the book captures the full texture of a generation's experience. It stands as an essential and moving tribute to the quiet courage that defined life on the British home front.