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Barbara Fox

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Barbara Fox was inspired to write her first book, 'Bedpans & Bobby Socks', after reading the letters her mother, Gwenda Gofton, wrote home while working as a young nurse in 1950s America.

She worked with shepherdess Emma Gray on 'One Girl and Her Dogs', an account of Emma's first year running a farm in an isolated part of Northumberland, before writing 'Is the Vicar in, Pet?', her own childhood memoir about growing up in the mining town of Ashington, Northumberland.

'When the War Is Over' turns back the clock to Gwenda's childhood during the Second World War and her evacuation to a Lake District schoolhouse.

Barbara's most recent work is as editor of 'Eve's War', the wartime diaries of Evelyn Shillington, who accompanied her officer husband to ...more

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Meeting Jackie

Enrique (Henry) Kierulf was one of the wonderful friends Gwenda and the gang made while they were nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the sort of friend everyone wants: reliable, helpful, good-natured, generous. When Gwenda, Pat, Molly, Maureen and Celia left Cleveland to explore the rest of the USA – as well as parts of Canada and Mexico – Enrique was the one who forwarded the mail they continued

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Average rating: 4.27 · 944 ratings · 62 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	When the War Is Over: Far from Home, Far from Family, Safe from the War - A True Story of Two Second World War Evacuees 4.39 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bedpans & Bobby Socks: Five British Nurses on the American Road Trip of a Lifetime by Barbara Fox (Goodreads Author), Gwenda Gofton 4.09 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eve's War: The diaries of a military wife during the second world war by Evelyn Shillington, Barbara Fox (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 119 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Is the Vicar in, Pet? 3.97 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Barbara Fox wrote a new blog post Meeting Jackie Enrique (Henry) Kierulf was one of the wonderful friends Gwenda and the gang made while they were nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the sort of frien Read more of this blog post »
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