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Comments by Rod Keeble,Lancashire
People generally associate the `Blitz' with WWII London, yet cities and towns like Liverpool, Hull, Grimsby, Coventry, Manchester and so forth were equally devastated by the German War Machine. "More Scouse, Vicar?" as the title may suggest, focuses on the war years in Liverpool mainly through the eyes of Emily, a working class mother of two, whose husband Jimmy was serving as a naval rating during the `Battle for the Atlantic. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone who loves stories about the Second World War. It contains humour and sadness, sacrifice and tears, pleasure and sorrow, all the ingredients that make up a good story. When I finally put the book down, after reading the last page, I almost felt sad the war was over. It was a strange experience that I never expected. It was as if the unity the war had created within the British people had begun to slip away. Perhaps for the very first time, people were able to sit back and see, with unblinkered eyes, the price they had paid for the freedom that had so suddenly been thrust upon them. Whether that was the author's intention I cannot say, but he stirred within me the feelings of a slave, having been given my freedom and not knowing what to do with it. By the way, I don't think I will be giving too much of the plot away when I say the word `Scouse' has two meanings, a person born and bred in Liverpool and a sort of stew or hotpot.
Comments by two sisters who were brought up in the Dingle and lived through the weeks of the Blitz.
'The book was totally fascinating from a Liverpudlian point of view ,and that the reality of wartime situations,both local and military,were brough to life. As for the day to day lives of the people,they were portrayed with such vividness and honesty. Even the most tragic happenings were interspersed with typical Mersyside bluntness and of course humour. We found it was hard to put down once we started to read'.