“It is only now that we can read of Pippa Latour’s exceptional dedicated service as part of the Special Operations Executive and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in World War Two. She lived her life with profound resilience and fortitude…”
We should know Pippa Latour’s story and service in Occupied France during World War Two but due to her loyalty to secrecy and legal documents signed, it is only now that we can final hear of her heroic life. As Jude Dobson says “…a combination of loyalty and her will to forget and live with post-traumatic-stress-disorder…”
From her dramatic and early birth in South Africa to her training in the United Kingdom, Pippa faced her life’s circumstances with fortitude and resilience. Surrounded by both kin and kind, their collective deep commitment to raising her is a profound part of this memoir.
I was personally astounded by her ability to adapt to changing homes and nations.
Aged just 21, Pippa graduated as an aircraft-woman in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and by aged 23 had landed in Occupied France to undertake her mission with Special Operations Executive, sending strategic information to British HQ.
Young and vulnerable but sharp minded and quick thinking – Pippa entrusted her story to Jude Dobson to compile.
Sue Reid
Read By Reid NZ
ISBN 9781991006561
Allen and Unwin Publishers