A Ration Book Christmas.....
This is a very informative story of life during world war two and follows the lives of Jo and Tommy who are very much in love. It also includes what happens in the lives of their respective families, together with the attitudes to the situations they all find themselves in.
It covers the evacuation of children, the looting of the poor unfortunate people who had their houses damaged or destroyed and the consequences of the actions of the people involved in such horrendous acts.
The bravery of all those who volunteered and put their own lives at risk to help save others is also written about in great detail.
Tommy enters a competition in the Telegraph newspaper in the hope of winning enough to buy Jo a ring.
He then finds he has a letter to report to Bletchley.
At the end of the book there are some wartime recipes which make interesting reading.
This is a very informative story of life during world war two and follows the lives of Jo and Tommy who are very much in love. It also includes what happens in the lives of their respective families, together with the attitudes to the situations they all find themselves in.
It covers the evacuation of children, the looting of the poor unfortunate people who had their houses damaged or destroyed and the consequences of the actions of the people involved in such horrendous acts.
The bravery of all those who volunteered and put their own lives at risk to help save others is also written about in great detail.
Tommy enters a competition in the Telegraph newspaper in the hope of winning enough to buy Jo a ring.
He then finds he has a letter to report to Bletchley.
At the end of the book there are some wartime recipes which make interesting reading.