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For the Duration: A Lighthearted WAAF Memoir
In her vivid memoir For the Duration, Ashbee gives a candid, often humorous account of her experiences during World War II as she rose through the ranks in Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). Joining shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1939, Ashbee began in the nerve center of the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) battle with the enemy, soon advanced to the intellig...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
March 6th 2012
by Syracuse University Press
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I hate to say it, but I was a little disappointed in this memoir. It's the fault more of my expectations than of the book, I think; the cover states quite clearly that this is a light-hearted memoir of a WAAF's service "for the duration". It skates cheerfully over the surface of the war, from the time Felicity Ashbee enlisted (while Americans were still saying "there isn't going to be any war") to her demobbing, and … well, that's the thing.
I was e...more
I hate to say it, but I was a little disappointed in this memoir. It's the fault more of my expectations than of the book, I think; the cover states quite clearly that this is a light-hearted memoir of a WAAF's service "for the duration". It skates cheerfully over the surface of the war, from the time Felicity Ashbee enlisted (while Americans were still saying "there isn't going to be any war") to her demobbing, and … well, that's the thing.
I was e...more
For the Duration: A Lighthearted WAAF Memoir by Felicity Ashbee might be non-fiction, but it sure doesn’t read that way. This is definitely a historical read worth picking up, no matter how far out of your comfort zone it may be.
“War?” my American friends had said, “What war?”
“Hitler,” I replied.
“There isn’t going to be a war,” they repeated complacently.
But I knew better.
Thus begins a very engaging and entertaining memoir about Felicity Ashbee’s experiences in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in...more
“War?” my American friends had said, “What war?”
“Hitler,” I replied.
“There isn’t going to be a war,” they repeated complacently.
But I knew better.
Thus begins a very engaging and entertaining memoir about Felicity Ashbee’s experiences in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in...more
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