Nella Last's War established the housewife & mother from Barrow-in-Furness as one of the most powerful & moving voices of the Second World War, & inspired the award-winning television drama Housewife, 49. In this next instalment of her unique diaries, Nella Last describes how ordinary people re-built their lives after the war. The allies' victory was a cause for hope & celebration, much privation & anxiety remained. In her sensitive & playful account of daily life in the austerity years, written for the Mass Observation project, Nella Last captures the thoughts & feelings of post-war Britain. This book has 306 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 2cm.