Love and War in the WRNS

Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II
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Author: Vicky Unwin ISBN: 9780750964678
Publisher: The History Press Publication: June 1, 2015
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Vicky Unwin
ISBN: 9780750964678
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: June 1, 2015
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Sheila Mills came from a sheltered middle class upbringing before she joined the WRNS in 1940. The working life of a women's naval officer in World War II was a hard one. The discipline and trials of living and working as a "Wren" plunged her head first into a life of bed bugs, last minute travel, secrecy, and huge responsibility. But while Sheila met with hard and exciting work during one of the world's most dangerous conflicts, she also found love, friendship, fun, and the human spirit. Her fascinating encounters, assignments, events, and, of course, the many loves she found and lost, are all seen through her eyes in this lively collection of letters home. A unique insight into the coming of age of a young girl in the 1940s, Sheila's letters will have readers laughing—and crying—at the extraordinary life of a young girl who traveled all over the world and witnessed key events in the war.

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Sheila Mills came from a sheltered middle class upbringing before she joined the WRNS in 1940. The working life of a women's naval officer in World War II was a hard one. The discipline and trials of living and working as a "Wren" plunged her head first into a life of bed bugs, last minute travel, secrecy, and huge responsibility. But while Sheila met with hard and exciting work during one of the world's most dangerous conflicts, she also found love, friendship, fun, and the human spirit. Her fascinating encounters, assignments, events, and, of course, the many loves she found and lost, are all seen through her eyes in this lively collection of letters home. A unique insight into the coming of age of a young girl in the 1940s, Sheila's letters will have readers laughing—and crying—at the extraordinary life of a young girl who traveled all over the world and witnessed key events in the war.

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