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Sand in My Shoes

War-time Diaries of a WAAF

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Sand in My Shoes

By: Joan Rice
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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About this listen

 Written with flair and exuberance, Joan Rice's diary is a compelling and personal account of life and love in the Second World War. Including additional material from her husband's own diary, Sand in my Shoes is a record of one woman's coming-of-age.©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Air Forces Armed Forces Military Military & War Military Science War

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Critic reviews

"Enchanting...a vivid immediacy...the author's diary...conveys what it was like to live through such a whirligig of experience." (Country Life)
"[Joan's] diary succeeds entirely in bringing this kind of war experience dancing off the page...." (The Daily Telegraph)
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I loved hearing this lady’s account of her war time experiences. My mum joined the WAAF in 1943 so it gave me a real insight into what life was like. It was well written and I as eager to hear everything

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