This book presents the best of Good Housekeeping during the Second World War and is a portrait of a changing world. It contains a selection of articles written by well-known personalities of the day such as Lloyd George, Daphne du Maurier, John Steinbeck and C.S. Forester. Sound advice on coping with rationing, air raids, loneliness and sometimes bereavement is given, as well as light entertainment in the form of escapist fiction and amusing advertisments.