World War II Begins

Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 by Virginia Nicholson was a very timely book as it covers a time of great social change, just as we are currently undergoing for home working (hopefully!). Women's workplace roles were never the same again after 1945, despite the best attempts of men to set the clock back. Likewise when our bosses try and get us back into the office in a few months. The book itself followed quite a few different women over the 6 war years. I lost track of most of them and just read it "as is". It was pretty enjoyable, moving in parts, and unrecognizable in many ways to the world I have ever known. It was a great eye-opener to human nature, and a pleasant change from reading "normal" war books about battles, generals and politicians. Behind the scenes, back at home, "her indoors" was also discovering hitherto untapped resources. 8/10