内容简介：
Betty Kellar grew up with her two sisters and widowed mother under the watchful eye of her grandmother, whose indomitable spirit held the family together through poverty and war. Their little village of Millbrook, on the Cornish border, was still extremely isolated in the early years of the Second World War. Kellar tells of the village women and their robust attitudes, of school life, where both children and teachers were deeply committed to the War effort. And through it all "Gran" holds her own, whether it be against Hitler, a flock of belligerent geese, or her feuding neighbors.