The Love-charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War (Paperback) by Lara Feigel

from annejacinta

Ignore the clunky title, this is an excellent read. It tells the story of five writers' war experiences in London, focussing in great detail on the Blitz. Rose Macaulay was an ambulance driver, Elizabeth Bowen a Warden with the ARP, Henry Green a fireman, while Graham Greene worked for the Minist...

from Jaylia3

Literate love among the ruins The Love-charm of Bombs has a very interesting slant on life during and immediately after WWII because its focus is the experiences of five noteworthy authors, Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Rose Macaulay, Hilde Spiel, and Henry Yorke, who wrote under the name Henry...

from BeyondEdenRock

I was smitten with 'The Love-charm of Bombs' from the very first time I read about it. The prospect of seeing London in the Second World War through the eyes of five remarkable writers - Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Rose Macaulay, Hilde Spiel and Henry Yorke (who wrote under the name Henry Gre...

from nigeyb

Lara Feigel, the author of The Love-charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War, was one of the interviewees on a very interesting, 2013 episode of BBC's The Culture Show entitled "Wars of the Heart". "Wars of the Heart" explained that whilst for many Londoners during the Second World ...

from AddictedToMorphemes

Surprisingly good account of five successful novelists' lives during and after World War II. This serves as a very interesting and educational timeline regarding general WWII events and day-to-day life in war-torn London, especially during the Blitz. These writers--Rose Macaulay, Graham Greene, H...