A review by ashahidian
Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures by Sonia Purnell

3.0

This is a well-curated book about the life of Clementine Churchill. The pictures and the text are very well arranged. It gives Clementine her own space, allowing her to be as a person and not as Winston Churchill's wife, a role she performed superbly. Her life was not easy, and she managed to make it as grand as possible. It was nice to read about the work done on the sidelines, and how nothing just "happens" - you have to put a lot of work into it, and Clementine sure did. For herself, for Winston, and for their country. I felt her pain when she wasn't able to connect to her children, who then grew up each with their own sadness, but it might be their part to pay to save the rest.