Deborah Montgomerie: The Women's War: NZ Women 1939-1945

By MARGIE THOMSON

The author's grandmother lived in Parnell with her three small children during the war. years.

This is the story of how she managed during that time when women had to take on men's work, at the same time as their usual home-based responsibilities.

It draws on newspapers, magazines, and government reports and uses private reminiscences to draw out the emotional context of the period.

AUP

$39.95