Kissing It Better Book - In My Day
This brilliant book is packed with tales of adventure and bravery
from a generation who survived the toughest of times. Evacuation to far
off places during the war. Weeks spent in isolation hospitals or in
quarantine with TB, diphtheria, or measles. The horrors of being on the
Front Line with no experience as a soldier. And many other tales of
overcoming hardship with grit and dignity.
- Fourteen-year-old Mareha tells the story of her grandma, who
travelled by boat from Africa to France, braving seasickness and
tuberculosis as she went in search of a new life.
- Malaika, 15, shares how her grandfather struggled to make himself
understood when he arrived from Pakistan as a lonely teenager, in the
days when a South Asian accent was a rare thing to hear.
- Sixteen-year-old Nizara used the project to interview her
grandmother about the partition of India in 1947, and learn how friends
and neighbours were torn apart by religion and greed.
‘We have captured tales of bravery, resilience, determination and
love,’ says Jill Fraser, CEO of Kissing it Better. ‘We’ve heard funny
stories too, from those who have needed to look on the bright side
whatever horrors life has thrown at them. And, above all, we have
learned that whatever the crisis, there is nearly always some light at
the end of the tunnel. All our young writers have learned so much from
this experience.’
The Kissing It Better Patron, the comedian and medic Dr Phil Hammond, talks about In My Day: ‘The
one essential to human happiness is connection. We are all leaves on a
tree, part of something bigger, and these shared stories will help and
inspire and connect everyone telling them, listening to them,
documenting them and reading them. They are testament to our shared
humanity, and the fabulous work of a wonderful charity.’