Around the Village Green
The Heart-Warming Memoir of a World War II Childhood

This simply written tale of WWII through the eyes of a child was both sweet and revealing. The lives of women in the 1940s was so hard - I felt exhausted just reading about the washing day routine! In fact that portrayal of the everyday life was as interesting as any of the stories specifically abou......more

Heart-warming memoir but not enough detail or description. Really lovely tales of childhood - interesting to read from the perspective of a child. Will go on to read the others in the series!......more

Around the Village Green: The Heart-Warming Memoir of a World War II Childhood by Dot May Dunn is a delightful, touching and heartwarming recollection of her childhood memories of World War II. Dot May Dunn who was born in Derbyshire, the daughter of a miner, is also the Sunday Times bestselling aut......more

Essentially does what it says on the tin: “the heart-warming memoir of a WWII childhood”. Shows how those who stayed also endured, how the worst news was taken by some and the initiatives to get the population to help, such as the “recycle paper for rank” all played out during the war. Although deca......more

After reading the reviews for this book, I think I must be the only one that didnt get a lot out of this book and for the most part it was really boring. Written as if a child was writing this, I didnt really get the feeling that they were going through a war, except for the fact that we are told ma......more