We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. This title tells the story of the women's Second World War.
Nicholson tells the story of the women's Second World War and how they remade their world in peacetime, through a host of individual experiences. This is a wonderfully evocative and perfectly timed subject, with plenty of public interest in a largely untold story. Now in paperback, it follows the success of "Singled Out", her history of WWI. 'A magnificent work of social history written with passion and panache' "Daily Express"
