Private Battles: Our Intimate Diaries cover

Private Battles: Our Intimate Diaries

by Simon Garfield

"This book concerns the lives of four ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances ... They write of their experiences in an honest, moving, humorous and brave way at a time when their lives and the lives of their friends were in danger, and they illuminate what it was like to live through the Second World War in a way that most books cannot - with immediacy and intimacy, and with great regard for commomplace detail. "

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?