Description
Two young girls struggle to make sense of their new world in this eccentric and compelling wartime memoir
About the Author
Susan Kennaway was born in Watford in 1930. At the onset of the Second World War, she and her sister were evacuated to Africa. She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and later at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. She married the writer James Kennaway, and they had four children before his death in a car accident, aged forty. Susan then opened and ran a successful restaurant in the Cotswolds until she married Stanley Vereker on her fiftieth birthday. They moved to the Tarn in France where Susan created a highly acclaimed garden and now restores porcelain. Susan Kennaway is the author of The Kennaway Papers. The Yellow Duster Sisters is her second book.
Reviews
A moving memoir of two sisters evacuated during the Second World War * Daily Mail *
Beautifully moving, offering an insight into the trauma of evacuation and the impact it had on family life * Lifestyle *
Wonderfully evocative * Woman's Own *
I have never felt closer to a pair of such young sisters. What a childhood, so full of different adventures ... This is a MUST READ ... you really won't want to put it down * Lesley Garrett, CBE *
Susan Kennaway's charming memoir explores growing up during the Second World War and how wars tear families apart ... a delightful and compelling read * The Lady *
Truthful and touching ... vividly evokes the wartime experience of a young girl evacuated to a strange country, far from home * Adam Sisman *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408822371
Author Susan Kennaway
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 209g