A Woman Living in the Shadow of the Second World War

“These previously unpublished diaries of an English woman surviving the war at home provide a fascinating insight into society and life” ( Firetrench ). Helena Hall’s daily diary of the war years, from 1940 to 1945, is one of the most vivid, detailed and evocative personal records of the Second World War as it was experienced by people living in an English village. In her journal she describes her everyday activities alongside momentous national and international events. The war overshadows her