Collection: Memoirs & True Stories

A unique collection of memoirs spanning almost eighty years seen through the eyes of two women.

Di Hardie grew up in poverty in the East End of London before travelling around the world and surviving the London Blitz. Later. her daughter, Diana Townsend, and her family risked everything by selling their homes to buy a derelict mansion and transform it into a tourist attraction. These remarkable stories of family, love, and self-discovery, will resonate long after the last page is turned.