Keep smiling through : my wartime story
Book |
Arrow Books,
London :
2018.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welland Main | 940.542591 Lyn | Adult Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart of her adventures entertaining the troops in far-flung Burma. 'I was just twenty-seven years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life for ever. Up until that time I had not really travelled anywhere at all, apart from one touring visit to Holland with a band I was singing with before the war, and I had certainly never been in an aeroplane. But I wanted to make a difference, to do my bit.' And she did. Written with her daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones this is a powerful and life-affirming account of the time she spent with troops in wartime Burma. Based, in part on a diary she kept, alongside unpublished personal letters and photographs from surviving veterans and their families, it explores why it was such a life-defining event for her and shows how her presence helped the soldiers, airmen and others who heard her sing."--Publisher's description.
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Details
- ISBN: 9781787460119 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 20 cmprint
- Publisher: London : Arrow Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
- General Note: Originally published: London : Century, 2017.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.