Caught Between Two Wars: A Memoir of Growing Up in Wartime London

Set
amongst a backdrop of World War 2, this is a story about growing up
during a time of world upheaval. Alongside, a story of domestic conflict
threatens the stability of family life. There is also a mysterious
illness which cannot be cured.

The
story begins almost ninety years ago, giving an account of a world that
will soon be gone. Germany is about to invade Europe and the UK will be
next on the list. Life rapidly becomes a time of rationing, blackouts,
bombing and fatherless families.

At
home a dark secret makes itself known which will cast a long shadow
over the writer’s childhood. Peace is declared in 1945, but the domestic
warfare smoulders on until it bursts into flame, ending in a death.

Now
aged 88, the writer, a Jungian Analyst, revisits her childhood and
tries to make sense of it all. Finally making her peace with the past
she finds she has been “surprised by joy”.