{"product_id":"ill-take-that-one-an-evacuees-childhood-9780749028497","title":"I'll Take That One: An Evacuee's Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA UNIQUE, PERSONAL AND UNFORGETTABLE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEMOIR OF A FAMILY THAT WAS CHANGED \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOREVER BY THE SECOND WORLD WAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKitty Baxter was born in London in 1930, the daughter of a road sweeper and a cleaner and one of five children. On her ninth birthday, as the shadow of war loomed ever closer, Kitty became one of thousands of children evacuated to the countryside. This would be the first of three times that she was rehoused far from home over the course of the war. Kitty recalls the gruelling years she was cut off from her parents, her experiences living with strangers' families in environments radically different to working-class London and how she navigated joyful moments and times of struggle and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the last generation of women from this era, Kitty's voice remains as whip-smart as her irrepressible nine-year-old self who triumphed over the adversity of a most unusual childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15290901\"\u003eKitty Baxter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison \u0026amp; Busby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780749028497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0749028491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKitty Baxter was born in 1930 in Camberwell, South London, the third of five children, and was evacuated three times during the Second World War. After the war, Kitty went on to live a happy life in London and worked in Mayfair for over 35 years. She is very well known locally in Westminster, and regularly volunteers at the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth to share her story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allison \u0026 Busby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45795438330031,"sku":"9780749028497","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_b5277aaa-70dd-4b16-8df8-afab17f972aa.jpg?v=1755603939","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/ill-take-that-one-an-evacuees-childhood-9780749028497","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}