Wilmott's fourth memoir following the post World War II years in London documents the author's reentry into civilian life, the beginning of her social work career, and marriage to Peter Willmott. This portion of the author's life, like the others, is presented in a series of vignettes and personal o

Phyllis Willmott's previous three volumes of autobiography have been much acclaimed. In Joys and Sorrows the author writes of her life in the immediate post-war years, with all its personal ups and downs. Joys and Sorrows, like its predecessors, is a very personal book: its sharp insights and evocations bring into focus a private world in close-up. Friends, colleagues and families play their part, but it is Phyllis Willmott herself, sensitive, compulsively romantic yet serious minded, who keeps the reader in thrall. Admirers of her earlier books will relish this new one.