Around the village green

the long version

It's 1939 and little Dot May Dunn is playing with her brothers in their quiet Derbyshire village. The grown-ups' talk of war means little to Dot, but village life is starting to change. When a prisoner of war camp is built close to Dot's village, and a Yankee base is stationed nearby, Dot makes friends with the most unlikely of soldiers. But her friendships are threatened when telegrams start to arrive in the village and the real impact of war bears heavily on this close-knit mining community. Dot's childhood memoir shares the universals of innocence, love, loss and friendships.