Wartime Tales of Homefront and Battle FatigueWartime Tales The Taming of the Snoek is a poignant little book that splits itself between tales of combat, of battle fatigue, and of keeping the home fires burning."If you want to better understand about the horrors of war, try The Officer or Death Day both by Denis Kirkham. If you want to see war from the homeside, Isabel from Isabels Kitchen might just seem like your own gran. And the true story of The Telegram will make you anxious with anticipation" DCYou may be wondering where the books subtitle emerged from. The publisher was inspired by a wartime cookery book which mentioned snook or snoek, a nourishing but not entirely palatable fish introduced as a good form of protein into the UKs diet during the Second World War. It was known to be unpalatable so many said it needed taming. The format also came from the Shakespeare play, The Taming of the Shrew AND simultaneously, The Hunting of the Snark poem by Lewis Carrol, although neither have influenced this volume in any other way!Wartime Tales is quite simply a collection of short stories and a few poems that look at various themes connected with war violence, homecoming, loyalty, team spirit, desperation, hunger, boredom, collective spirit, unexpected events and sheer, unbounded joy.With some controversial writings and other more domestic and homely pieces, I believe these writings will really make the reader think. With awardwinning cover art by 13 year old Morrigan,...

Binding: Paperback;82 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 243.38 g; Dimensions: N/A

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