Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith

Goodbye Girlie

by Patsy Adam-Smith

Viking, Penguin, 1994, [First Edition], ISBN 067085395X, black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners gift inscription on front endpaper, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear (see photographs)

“For Patsy Adam-Smith, the bright-eyed little girl whose childhood is recounted in the best-selling autobiography Hear the Train Blow, the Second World War was a ticket away from a cherished but restricting life with her railway family.  The Depression had taken its toll and the glorious days of dancing the three-hop polka and tin-kettling newly-weds were fading: country life held few prospects for the 17-year-old Patsy, with her thirst for knowledge and zest for life.
Enlisting as a nurse in the army, Patsy set out into adulthood as independently and with as much vigour as she continues to live life today.  But the world she encountered presented more challenges than she could ever have imagined.”