Dot May Dan grew up in Derbyshire, the daughter of a miner, during the war years. In 1951, she joined the NHS as an early member and trained as a nurse. Dot's books are filled with wonderful flashbacks to the life she has experienced, written with warmth, humor, and vivid descriptions of her surroundings - from deprivation, health issues, and poverty, to personal determination, the surprises faced by midwives, and the social history of the years before and after the war. Dot draws from her rich experience and shares her life with her readers, provoking both laughter and tears along the way.

The central theme of the book is Christmas during the war, emphasizing the spirit of community and the sense of mutual support that Dan captures so well.

Pages: 208, Year of Publication: 1101, Dimensions: 13.4x13.4cm