A bleakly funny look at two generations of a British family, each shaped by the two world wars.  The reader bounces back and forth between the two, as one sees why the characters from the older generation act the way they do (i.e., the “behind the scenes” motivations).  But no matter which generation, it’s a hard-knock life to be sure, and disaster is always just around the corner.  Money is always tight, and rationing is for real.  And then we end up with the soul-draining […]