Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.

The Yellow Duster Sisters

ebook
1939. Nine year old Susie and her sister Gyll live in Watford, and all week look forward to their Saturday shopping expedition to Woolworths with their nanny, to buy something nice for Mummy. But as war breaks out in Europe, the girls are evacuated to Africa. Feeling abandoned and alone, the sisters find their new life miserable and get no sympathy from their guardians, who force them to wear patched-up clothes and be in bed by six o'clock. As time passes and letters from home stop arriving, the sisters dream of escape and of returning to idyllic England. Yet when they finally do arrive home, all the changes that await them make for a very different life than the one they had longed for...
Intensely funny and charming, Susan Kennaway writes about growing up during the Second World War with rare honesty and insight.

Expand title description text
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781408813898
  • Release date: August 6, 2011

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781408813898
  • File size: 1682 KB
  • Release date: August 6, 2011

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

1939. Nine year old Susie and her sister Gyll live in Watford, and all week look forward to their Saturday shopping expedition to Woolworths with their nanny, to buy something nice for Mummy. But as war breaks out in Europe, the girls are evacuated to Africa. Feeling abandoned and alone, the sisters find their new life miserable and get no sympathy from their guardians, who force them to wear patched-up clothes and be in bed by six o'clock. As time passes and letters from home stop arriving, the sisters dream of escape and of returning to idyllic England. Yet when they finally do arrive home, all the changes that await them make for a very different life than the one they had longed for...
Intensely funny and charming, Susan Kennaway writes about growing up during the Second World War with rare honesty and insight.

Expand title description text