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Feminine Perspectives

Books written by women and/or of particular interest to a female readership...

Local/education history

A Little School on the Downs

by Mary Bowmaker

How Victorian teacher Harriet Finlay Johnson made a tiny Sussex school world famous
RAF memoir

A WAAF at War

by Diana Lindo

A former WAAF recalls her eventful wartime years
RAF memoir

An Ordinary Life

by Brian White
The life and times of an RAF family at Seletar in Singapore and elsewhere in the 1950s
RAF memoir

As We Were

Beryl R Williams (ed.)

Former members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force recall their experiences in World War Two
RAF biography

Brief Sweet Life

by Glen Rose

The author recounts the tragic tale of her father's 50 Squadron Lancaster crew
WW2 memoir

Cirla's Story

by Cirla Lewis

A young Jewish girl's traumatic experiences in occupied Belgium during WW2
World War II memoir

Corduroy Days

by Josephine Duggan Rees
A land girl's experiences in the Women's Land Army during World War 2
Personal memoir

Dancing Through the Void

by Jacquie Clarke

Reassurance and sound advice for the recently bereaved
education - special needs

Dancing with Dyspraxia

by Hazel Carr 

A practical guide for Parents and Teachers of children with dyspraxia 
RAF memoir

Ernie

by Celia Savage

The author uncovers the story of her father ~ a navigator with 149 Squadron who died in action before she was born
World War II memoir

Gone, But Not Forgotten

by Stanley Blackmore
Nostalgic recollections of a wartime schoolboy in rural Leicestershire that will strike a chord with all who grew up during WW2
civilian memoir

Granddad's Rainbow

by Joan Blackburn
A nostalgic memoir of childhood during World War Two
World War II memoir

Harry: An Evacuee's Story

by Harry Collins
The experiences of an 11-year-old wartime evacuee from Lancashire who spent 4 years in Canada
fiction / romance

In the Wake of War

by Jutta Tyler

An inspiring tale of love and friendship after the horrors of war
Civilian memoir

Just a Butcher's Boy

by Christopher Bolton
This nostalgic look at small-town life in the UK during the 1950s will delight all those old enough to remember the era depicted
Civilian/medical memoir

Just Visiting

by Molly Corbally
Charming and warm-hearted evocation of the life and work of a rural District Health Visitor in the postwar years