A fascinating account of an ordinary woman's daily life in rural Norfolk during World War II. The only thing that lets it down is the editor's commentary - while it does help to put Betty's life in context in terms of the War, it isn't well-written and I found it distracting. But Betty's diary itself is wonderful. ( )

I have an obsession with tales of the British homefront during World War II, and this diary of a 60-year-old British woman living in Norfolk is wonderful. It is evidence of all the pluck and hard work demonstrated by the British people during the war. ( )