Books by Ruby Side Thompson
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review 1: I loved this, what a strong (if somewhat opinionated) woman!This should be on the national curriculum - everyone should get a glimpse of what living through such a horrendous time entails to ensure we don't have another repeat.I had no idea quite how bad living through the blitz ...
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review 1: As this book is a published diary it isn't fair to submit the same review I would if it had been written fictionally, I say this, as the first half of the book is a little slow paced, mainly just complaining about her marriage and her husband, but this was real life, and this was...
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review 1: After you muck thru the beginning of it with all the self centeredness, it becomes much better. Yet you have to keep in mind, it's a diary, where a woman spills out all those feelings and frustrations she can share no where else. A personal peek inside her mind and of those days ...
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review 1: I accidentally read the 2nd volume of this diary first, so this is backtracking, but well worth it. While Ruby does get on my last damn nerve moaning about Ted I do appreciate how claustrophobic marriage can become! Better she let it out in her diary. I cannot imagine living thr...