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Set during World War 2, Other Times explores the lives and exploits of a small anti-aircraft unit located amidst the retirement bungalows of the English south coast. Leslie Thomas deals in love, hope, childhood innocence and adult experience. No library descriptions found. |
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Along with the current situation, we are also given insight into James Bevan’s life. His mother’s suicide, his separation from his sister, his placement in a boy’s military school, all these events helped to shape the man he was to become. The author’s descriptions of both people and places are detailed and he spikes his story with plenty of laughter, tears and cups of tea.
Except for being a little wordy, Other Times is written with depth and heart. The book ends just as the Battle for Britain starts in the late summer of 1940 but the author was able to bring the early days of the war to life and I found the book to be an enjoyable, informative read. ( )