CLASS OF 37 (JOHN BLAKE) (PB)

A compelling social history, this intimate reconstruction of working-class life in 1930s Britain is a haunting and emotional account of a bygone age. In a northern mill-town a class of twelve- and thirteen-year-old girls are writing about their lives, their world, and the things that matter to them for the research organisation Mass Observation. Woven within this rich, authentic history are the twists and turns of the girls' lives from childhood to beyond, from their happiest times to the most heart-breaking of their sorrows.