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Recommendation RequestLooking for books about WWII from women's perspective
I love historical books (both fiction and non-fiction) and an era that specifically interests me is the Second World War. Due to the 80th anniversary of the D-Day there's a lot of coverage in the news etc. but these stories are, unsurprisingly, all about the soldiers.
I'm much more curious about how women (and civilians as a whole) managed during this time and what it was like to live during the war, without fighting in it.
I enjoyed The Women in the Castle and The Nightingale but am now looking for more. Please recommend! Doesn't have to be written by women, about women, though those would be great :)
ETA: So many already, thanks so much everyone! I sure know what I'll be doing this summer lol!
"Gone to Soldiers" by Marge Piercy is set in the WWIi throughout the whole war. It focuses more on what happens to women - in the war and on the home front - than most books about WWII.
I came here to recommend Gone to Soldiers too. I second the recommendation of A Woman of No Importance, both are amazing.
The BBC series Island at War about the occupation of the Channel Islands and 1940s House about sending an English family to live on the ration and through the Blitz is pretty amazing too.
Connie Willis did a time traveling duology (All Clear and Blackout) about time travelers to that period that is pretty good as well.