{"product_id":"victory-harvest-marion-kelsey-9780773531567","title":"Victory Harvest: Diary of a Canadian in the Women's Land Army, 1940-1944","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on the diary Marion Kelsey kept while in the Women's Land Army during World War II, \u003ci\u003eVictory Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal remembrance of wartime Britain through the eyes of a young Canadian. Financed by a cousin, Kelsey travelled to England to be with her soldier husband. She joined the Women's Land Army and spent the next four years planting crops, milking cows, and driving a tractor. Through Kelsey's diary the reader discovers - as Kelsey did - that agricultural work was vital to the overall war effort in Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKelsey's observations range from descriptions of the bombing raids on civilian populations to more personal accounts of the difficulties of obtaining a bath. She and her husband were reunited on his quarterly leaves and \u003ci\u003eVictory Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e records their travels through much of England, Ireland, and Scotland amid air raids, bombings, and machine-gun fire, providing a unique travelogue of Britain in the 1940s. Kelsey's tour of duty was cut short when her husband was seriously wounded by shrapnel at Falaise in 1944. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarion Kelsey's indomitable character and enthusiasm shine through her writing and, as a woman and a Canadian, she provides a new perspective on the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marion Kelsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0773531564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780773531567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Marion Kelsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742339182847,"sku":"9780773531567","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8337c5df-183e-435f-8335-321f6d44b9ec.jpg?v=1782444852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/victory-harvest-marion-kelsey-9780773531567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}