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A fictional diary of a woman living through the twentieth century - from the drama and upheaval of two World Wars to the political exploits on Greenham common. Reissue.
Synopsis
On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles. This title presents the 'edited' diary of this woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century.