Spam Tomorrow

When I asked the local chemist for lint and disinfectant he felt it was only fair to allow the first-aid post to claim me. . . . Half a dozen V.A.D.s made a rush at me and treated my small abrasion as though my whole head had been blown off.From an impromptu wedding in the early days of World War II to a bout with German measles in a hospital reminiscent of a medieval torture chamber to becoming the first casualty for over-eager V.A.D.s Verily Andersons war gets off to a bumpy start. And it doesnt get easier.In this acclaimed memoir we follow the inimitable Verily and her husband Donald through all the vicissitudes of war including the unforgettable birth of Verilys first child in the midst of a German bombing raid. By turns hilarious poignant and harrowing (and sometimes all three at once) Spam Tomorrow presents a rollicking view of home front life from the perspective of one strong courageous and very funny participant.A new kind of wartime experience - new that is to literature; the job of marrying and having babies. . . . Those who agree with it will become incurable addicts. Elizabeth Bowen