Six Spoons of Sugar : Reminiscences of a World War II Evacuee

252 pág.

Six Spoons of Sugar is an evacuee book with a difference. Richard is seven when his Father  in the Overseas Branch of the Midland Bank in the City of London  sees war coming and bundles him, his Mother and sister off to the safety of the country just days before Hitler marches on Poland. Father joins the family and buys a rambling old house but it turns out to be be-devilled with strange noises and when Richards Dad is arrested on suspicion of being a Nazi spy, events take a nosedive. Gran is killed in the Blitz in London and then Richard and his Mother are caught in a bombing raid on a rare shopping trip to Reading. Six Spoons is a charming and amusing account of life in World War ll as seen through the eyes of Richard and this is set against the cold, hard facts of war as the little boy builds his daily scrapbook of events... The book came second twice in the Lifewriting competition sponsored by the Queen's English Society at the Winchester Writers' Conference. It is the evacuee book to read!