![]() ![]() The depth of emotion when discussing her relationships with her family and beaus is wide-ranging. Her writing style is relaxed and easygoing, I honestly felt as if Jackie were in the same room, telling me stories from her Army days. Jackie’s memoir takes us from her earliest memory through her service with the Women’s Royal Army Corps. While the title is a little odd, it refers to the footwear of her young adult life high heels when a civilian or on leave and “beetle crushers” black heavy shoes when on duty. Follow her relationships with the men in her life from finding her first true love, which through a cruel act of fate was denied her, to embarking on a path of recovery. ![]() Packed full of stories reflecting the changing sexual attitudes prior to the arrival of the pill and the sexual revolution of the mid 60s, Skingley’s memoir denotes a shift in the political and social fabric of the era. Jackie Skingley grew up with limited career choices but joining the Women’s Royal Army Corps offered her a different life, living and working in a military world, against the backdrop of the Cold War. I love nonfiction and history, so I jumped at the chance to review this upcoming memoir.Ī compelling memoir of post-war Britain. ![]()
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