Summers, Julie

Summary: "Soon to be a PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford). Away from the frontlines of World War II, in towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort. As members of the Women's Institute, an organization with a presence in a third of Britain's villages, they ran canteens and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SUM

Summary: Great Paxford's inspirational band of women return for more incredible stories from the home front as they deal with imminent threat during the Battle of Britain. As the nation finds itself increasingly beleaguered, relationships, friendships, and loyalties within the community will be tested as never before. The women find they must heighten their efforts to boost morale amidst the chaos and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HOM

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM RATED NR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Home 2017

Summary: Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM NOT RATED

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Home 2015