How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On: True stories from the Home Front - Softcover

A fascinating account of what it means to suffer through a war... beautifully put together and is a terrific tribute to all those who kept calm and carried on (The Bookbag)

Stories here from all walks of life... their undiluted first-person stories stand testament to the events of the Second World War (Britain at War)

Another outstanding piece of social history... at once sentimental, funny, and also sad, an account of how, with minimum amount of fuss while everything around them was in chaos, a generation somehow managed to overcome huge adversity (Sports Journalists' Association)

A collection of real life stories from the Home Front (Tribune)

Entertaining anecdotes from life on the Home Front (Evergreen magazine)

Recounts the memories of real people living through extraordinary times (Derby Telegraph)

A fascinating tribute to a generation's dogged determination and bulldog spirit (Lancaster Guardian)

This unique, funny and sometimes heartbreakingly sad book contains a treasury of first-hand stories from people all over the country. From unexploded bombs to blackouts and from the Home Guard to the Blitz, their stories reveal some of the strange, incredible and downright funny things that 'kept us calm and carrying on' in the otherwise dark days of the Second World War.