War Artist

''Poignant, warm, gut wrenching and hopeful, this book is just beautiful.'' - 5* reader review *** ''Excuse me,'' the man interrupted her as if there was absolutely nothing she could say to comfort him. ''I have to get on with my digging.'' Then he stabbed violently at her sketchbook with his finger. ''Get it all down,'' he snarled. ''Every single disgusting, pathetic detail. And shove it in their faces.'' London, 1940 Following a chance meeting with her former teacher, young painter Sybil Paige wins a coveted assignment from the War Artists'' Advisory Committee, and so begins her journey across the length and breadth of the country, sketching everything from airfields and assembly lines to farms and factories. Sometimes it''s milkmaids and poultry keepers, brave and hopeful; sometimes it''s the harrowed faces of those digging through the rubble to find their loved ones and livelihoods. But armed with her