These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries 1939-194516.79

May Smith

May Smith is twenty-four at the outbreak of World War Two; at night, the sirens wail, and the young men of the village leave to fight. But still, ordinary life goes on: May goes shopping, plays tennis, takes holidays and even falls in love - while recording it faithfully in her diary. 'May is simply a j...