{"product_id":"enas-war-gina-cowan-9781456772598","title":"Ena's War","description":"What was it like to be child in wartime Glasgow? \u003cp\u003eThis book gives a personal view of the conditions of that time. Many older readers will identify with Ena and recall their own memories of those times. Younger readers will be transported to a time before TVs, laptops, nintendos and mobile phones. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough this is no text book, it could be used as part of a project on WW2 in schools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFind out more about street games, evacuation, diphtheria and literal nit-picking. This is not a 'misery' book. In spite of restrictions and poverty, Ena had a very happy childhood. The incident of the 'Clootie Dumpling' reveals the astonishing outcome when a food parcel arrives from Australia with unexpected contents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow did Ena deal with bullying?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow did Ena and her brother lose Mum's last half-crown?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow did children use substitutes for rationed sweets? They used cocoa powder dipped in sugar, cinnamon sticks and hard liquorice sticks from the chemists to make sugarolly water and sticks of rhubarb sweetened with a tiny drop of sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEna had diphtheria and was removed to a fever hospital. Through her eyes we see the strange environment she entered and the frightening events she had to endure, while isolation meant no visitors for six weeks. Some of these events are hilarious when viewed from an adult point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead of Ena's play acting as 'Christopher Robin' and an organ grinder's monkey in Girls' Guildry displays. Find out about her unexpected introduction to the countryside where she couldn't distinguish between cows and bulls and how she came to be travelling, without adult supervision, in the guard's van of a train with two other children on an exciting adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Cowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1456772597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781456772598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Gina Cowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458445422847,"sku":"9781456772598","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6589ec09-da80-49aa-8feb-5afb0be5f26b.jpg?v=1777404485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enas-war-gina-cowan-9781456772598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}