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5.0 out of 5 stars
Smiling with a stiff upper lip,
By laytonwoman3rd "Linda" (Clarks Summit, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Henrietta's War (Paperback)
If you want the ultimate comfort read, to make you feel better about almost anything you're facing, this one is a hot cup of tea, Aunt Midge's cinnamon buns and your fuzzy slippers all rolled up in one. A collection of pieces Dennys wrote during WWII, ostensibly letters to a childhood friend at the front, of the sort to lift his spirits with tales of how well everyone was making do at home in the face of fear and shortages. Full of humor and that particular sort of British woman who, if lined up on the beach, "each with a large stone in her hand" might have done a lot of damage to an invading force. When Henrietta and her husband, Charles, toasted the New Year with a combination of "remnants" from various depleted bottles, there were real tears in my eyes while I laughed out loud.
'Damn Hitler' 'Hear, hear!.. And God bless the King.' 'And the Queen' 'And the Queen, God bless her! And the little Princesses.' 'Absent friends!' 'And the Americans.' 'The Americans...Good luck to them.' 'And the Choles and Pecks.' 'The POLES and CZECHS, and all our other allies' 'I feel better.' 'That was the idea.' |
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