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A lyrical, evocative and wonderfully original wartime memoir about life on a farm in the Cotswolds, seen through the eyes of a child. Bertie, May & Mrs Fish is Xandra Bingley's account of her childhood on a Cotswold farm, set against the backdrop of the Second World War and its aftermath. Bingley's mother is left to farm the land while her husband is away at war. With its eccentric cast of characters, this book captures both the essence of a country childhood and the remarkable courage and resilience displayed by ordinary people during the war. The beauty and sensitivity of Bingley's observation is artfully balanced by the harshness and grit of her reality. Bingley tells her tale in a startling voice which captures the universe of a child, the unforgiving landscape and the complicated adult world surrounding her. Her acute observation and her emotional, sensual descriptive gift for place, people, sound and touch make this a brilliantly authentic and evocative portrait.
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Social life and customs, Rural women, World War, 1939-1945, Farm life, Childhood and youth, Biography, Farm life, great britain, World war, 1939-1945, great britain, Cotswold hills (england), England, social life and customs, World war, 1939-1945, women, World war, 1939-1945, personal narrativesPeople
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Bertie, May and Mrs Fish: Country Memories of Wartime
2019, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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0007370911 9780007370917
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Bertie, May and Mrs Fish: country memories of wartime
2006, Charnwood
in English
- Large print ed.
1846173825 9781846173820
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Bertie, May and Mrs Fish: country memories of wartime
2005, HarperCollins
in English
0007149506 9780007149506
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