{"product_id":"mrs-tim-carries-on-9781912574537","title":"Mrs. Tim Carries On","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is so much War News in News Bulletins, in Newspapers, and so much talk about the war that I do not intend to write about it in my diary. Indeed my diary is a sort of escape from the war . . . though it is almost impossible to escape from the anxieties which it brings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author D.E. Stevenson's charming fictional alter-ego, Hester Christie--or \"Mrs. Tim\" as she is affectionately known to friends of her military husband--was first introduced to readers in \u003cem\u003eMrs. Tim of the Regiment\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1932. In 1941, Stevenson brought Mrs. Tim back in this delightful sequel, to lift spirits and boost morale in the early days of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her husband stationed in France, Hester finds plenty to keep her busy on the Home Front. From her first air raid and a harrowing but hilarious false alarm about a German invasion, to volunteering at the regiment's \"Comforts Depot,\" guiding the romantic destinies of her pretty houseguest and an injured soldier, and making a flying visit to a blacked-out, slightly bedraggled London with its fighting spirit intact, Mrs. Tim does indeed carry on--in inimitable style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Tim returns in two subsequent novels, \u003cem\u003eMrs Tim Gets a Job\u003c\/em\u003e (1947) and \u003cem\u003eMrs Tim Flies Home\u003c\/em\u003e (1952), all back in print for the first time in decades from Furrowed Middlebrow and Dean Street Press. This new edition features an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She admirably preserves her lightness of touch, with a tinge of melancholy added, which perfectly suits the mood of 1940.\" \u003cem\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is not merely a war book to which cheerfulness keeps breaking in, it is a book of cheerfulness from which the war cannot be kept out . . . Major Tim's amazing escape from Dunkirk is high drama superbly handled, and her word pictures are both lifelike and lively.\" \u003cem\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912574537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.54d","brand":"D. E. Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670467080348,"sku":"9781912574537","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_32fceb99-8dec-461d-8cac-db78e0000cc1.jpg?v=1603922739","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mrs-tim-carries-on-9781912574537","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}