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The girl from Station X : my mother's unknown life  Cover Image Book Book

The girl from Station X : my mother's unknown life / Elisa Segrave.

Segrave, Elisa. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1781312508 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781781312506 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: London : Aurum Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: London: Union Books, 2013.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 16.99
Subject: Hamilton-Grace, Anne > Diaries.
Segrave, Elisa > Family.
Mothers and daughters > Great Britain.
Great Britain > History > 20th century > Biography.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Stroud Branch 941.084092 Hamil -S 31681002799575 NONFICPBK Available -

  • Grand Central Pub

    "A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift; as I am at present, so that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on. Perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion, I shall remember only the glory of my position as the first and only woman on the watch and holding the most responsible position of any woman in the Hut." October 12th 1942. As Anne Segrave approached old age and infirmity, her daughterElisa Seagrave was faced with the daunting task of sorting through her mother's belongings. She was aware of several elements of Anne's past, but she was astonished to find evidence of an altogether different life when she uncovered a cache of wartime diaries. Now, on the pages before her, Segrave encountered a young woman who put the world of finishing schools and hunt balls behind her to embark on a journey that took her to Bletchley Park, Bomber Command and, eventually, a newly liberated Germany.

  • Mbi Pub Co

    'A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift, as I am at present,ÿso that the sheer agony of it may be placed on record for me to look back on, perhaps one day in the far distant future when this period may be seen like a nightmare and be mercifully semi-observed in oblivion so that I shall remember only the glory of my position as the first and only woman on the watch and holding the most responsible position of any woman in the Hut.'ÿOctober 12thÿ1942.

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    When Elisa Segrave uncovered a cache of wartime diaries written by her mother, she had no idea that she would be brought face to face with a character utterly different from the troubled woman who had become so reliant on her. Now, on the pages before her, Segrave encountered Anne Hamilton-Grace, a young woman who had grown up in immense privilege and luxury but who leapt at the first opportunity to join the war effort. Through determination she excelled in the world of secret intelligence. Leaving the world of finishing school and hunt balls behind her, Anne's journey took her to Hut 3 at Bletchley Park, to Bomber Command in Grantham and, finally, to a newly liberated Germany.

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    In The Girl From Station X, Segrave opens the pages of her mother's diaries to us and recreates her life both before and after the war. At once a vivid recreation of a dramatic era and a powerful portrait of a mother-daughter relationship, this is an original and affecting work about what it means to come to know someone through their writing; about how Anne unwittingly found a way to link her life with her daughter's decades after they had given up trying to communicate.

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  • Mbi Pub Co
    In The Girl From Station X, Segrave opens the pages of her mother’s diaries to us and recreates her life both before and after the war.

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