Evacuees: Children’s Lives on the WW2 Home Front

Social historian Gillian Mawson has spent years collecting the stories of former evacuees and this book includes the personal memories of over 100, in their own words. Their accounts reveal what it was like to settle into a new home with strangers, often staying for years. While many enjoyed life in the countryside, some escaping inner-city poverty, others endured ill-treatment and homesickness.

A fascinating insight into the realities of wartime life, and a valuable oral history of a unique moment in British history.