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Family hold back: A 1930s childhood

Lorraine Russell

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Description:It is a frank depiction of life during the Depression and World War II, through the eyes of a child. The author captures a fresh, stark sense of the times -- often delightful; at other times haunting.The story begins with her Dad on relief work and Mom struggling to pay the rent and feed and clothe the children. Times are harsh and so are the people. Love is not spoken of; tenderness is rare. But the kids have fun swimming, eeling, blackberrying and mushroom gathering.In 1938 Dad's job as a diesel mechanic has the family living in tents without water, plumbing or electricity. They shift camp and change schools frequently. During World War II New Zealand endures food shortages and rationing, and threats of air raids and Japanese invasion. At the end of 1940 the family moves into a new state house and in 1948 Lorraine leaves school to begin a career.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Family hold back: A 1930s childhood. To get started finding Family hold back: A 1930s childhood, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 162

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Steele Roberts

Release: 2001

ISBN: 1877228532

Description: It is a frank depiction of life during the Depression and World War II, through the eyes of a child. The author captures a fresh, stark sense of the times -- often delightful; at other times haunting.The story begins with her Dad on relief work and Mom struggling to pay the rent and feed and clothe the children. Times are harsh and so are the people. Love is not spoken of; tenderness is rare. But the kids have fun swimming, eeling, blackberrying and mushroom gathering.In 1938 Dad's job as a diesel mechanic has the family living in tents without water, plumbing or electricity. They shift camp and change schools frequently. During World War II New Zealand endures food shortages and rationing, and threats of air raids and Japanese invasion. At the end of 1940 the family moves into a new state house and in 1948 Lorraine leaves school to begin a career.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Family hold back: A 1930s childhood. To get started finding Family hold back: A 1930s childhood, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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