{"product_id":"the-view-from-the-corner-shop-9781471154010","title":"The View From the Corner Shop","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively diary chronicling the ups and downs of running a grocery shop in a Yorkshire town during the rationing years of the Second World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law \u003cb\u003erun a grocery shop\u003c\/b\u003e in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. From July 1941 to July 1946 she \u003cb\u003ekept a diary for the Mass-Observation project\u003c\/b\u003e, recording the thoughts and concerns of the people who used the shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What makes Kathleen's account such a \u003cb\u003evivid and compelling read\u003c\/b\u003e is the\u003cb\u003e immediacy of her writing\u003c\/b\u003e. People were pulling together on the surface ('Bert has painted the V-sign on the shop door…', she writes) but there are plenty of tensions underneath. The \u003cb\u003eshortage of food\u003c\/b\u003e and the extreme difficulty of obtaining it is \u003cb\u003ea constant thread\u003c\/b\u003e, which dominates conversation in the town, more so even than the danger of bombardment and the war itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes events take a \u003cb\u003ecomic turn\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867175629143,"sku":"9781471154010","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781471154010.jpg?v=1722282046","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-view-from-the-corner-shop-9781471154010","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}