Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none is more captivating than the personal diaries of those who lived through this era. We Are At War is the story of five ordinary people who, living on the brink of chaos, privately recorded their most intimate hopes and fears on paper. Pam Ashford, a woman who keeps her cool when everyone around her is losing their mind, writes with comic wit about her life at the shipping office in Glasgow. Christopher Tomlin, a paper salesman who sees his business booming, longs to be called up for military service like his brother. Eileen Potter organizes evacuations for children with fleas, while the mother of three, Tilly Rice, is frustrated to be sent to Cornwall. And Maggie Joy Blunt tries daily to maintain a sense of normalcy in her life. Entering their world as they lived it, each diary entry is poignant and immersive. Amidst the tumultuous onset of war, these ordinary Britons are alternately anxious and desperate, courageous and joyful - and always enchantingly, vividly real.