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Stranger in the House
Women’s stories of men returning from the Second World War
By Julie Summers
Read by Lesley Manville
Abridged by Neville Teller
With contributions from the author,
Mollie Lodder, Amy Clifford, Carol Cooper and Stephanie Hess
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A Daily Telegraph audiobook of the year 2009
A moving and honest look at how war altered ordinary women’s lives forever. During the course of 1945 and 1946, more than four million servicemen returned home after the most destructive war in history. Much has been written and spoken about men’s experiences of the war but, uniquely, Stranger in the House focuses on the women’s side of the story which has been largely ignored in the intervening years. Their stories – human, poignant and often humorous – are testaments to a quiet, everyday courage which has been little recognised.
The People’s Place
Presenter: Harry Enfield
BBC Radio 4 – The Archive Hour – June 2007, repeated December 2007
Harry Enfield has some musical fun and games as he relives some of the more extraordinary – and eccentric – moments from the Royal Festival Hall’s cosmopolitan past.
