Charles Berkoff

The Lighter Side of London's Bloody Blitz as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Boy Charles Berkoff

Two-time award-winning writer, Charles Berkoff, was a six-year-old cockney growing up in London's East End at the start of World War II. With an emphasis on its lighter side, he now, eighty years later, relives his vivid memories of the London Blitz...surely the most extraordinary period in a young boy's life. In addition to WWII action, he touches on the ways of old London, and the social issues that significantly impacted his boyhood: the British class structure, corporal punishment, and anti-EastEnder sentiment. Even as everyday living evolved into everyday dying, humor, strong English tea, and not being in the wrong place at the wrong time ensured his survival. Winston Churchill helped. This is "London's Bloody Blitz" all over again, and in the telling of it, that young boy is obviously back in the middle of all the action. Spoiler Alert: The Allies beat the Axis Powers. In overtime. "An unusually light-hearted and very personal account of a terrifying time" ... "A very different war memoir" ... "Funny and informative" ... "Great sense of humor" ... "I liked the creative way the author divided each chapter into 'Before, ' 'During, ' and 'After' sections" ... "Fascinating revelations about the great Sir Winston Churchill" ... "Brings back memories for those of us who were there" ... "Love the cockney dialect