A review by wealhtheow
Provincial Lady in Wartime the by E.M. Delafield, Delafield

2.0

Published in the first year of WWII, this is a cute, superficial look at the zeitgeist of England. It's not nearly as funny as the first few Provincial Lady novels--I'd recommend fans of those to stop at [b: The Provincial Lady in America|860193|The Provincial Lady in America|E.M. Delafield|http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348341571s/860193.jpg|845633]. When war is declared, the Lady tries to get war-work--only to realize that every other person in England is trying to Do Their Part as well. After weeks of asking Ministry officials for something to do, she finally gets volunteer work at a canteen. Everyone waits around and absolutely nothing happens. If this tale was told about any other war I'd have found it rather more amusing.