A Desert Rat Entertains Paperback – 24 July 2013

I read this book in an afternoon. Just could not put it down. Informative, moving, amusing, and left with a feeling of gratitude to those who served. It is a story of character, duty and love. Every Secondary School child should read it.

if you have a relative involved in WW 2 then this is a good read for you. A must buy

Jenny Hall brings her late parents' wartime love letters alive relating their separation of almost six years, interspersed with what was happening in the war at large whilst Ray laboured in a hot tank in hot deserts as a Desert Rat, losing friends and comrades to bombs and bullets whilst he tried to keep a smile on everyone's face through his off-duty routines as a comedian, rapidly running out of jokes. Meantime Margaret-Doreen, his intended, quite the Brighton Belle with her large 'come to bed eyes' and alluring fashion turbans, had her own battles to fight on the home front as she ached for Ray's safe return, trying to hide her fear that it might never happen and surrounded by friends whose worst fears had come true. Enter the most famous comedian of the day and the hardships of war suddenly become more bearable.