Julie Summers was born in Liverpool but grew up in Cheshire, where the Home Fires series was set and filmed. Her first book, Fearless on Everest, published in 2000, was a biography of her great uncle, Sandy Irvine, who died on Everest with Mallory in 1924. Her grandfather, Philip Toosey, was the man behind the Bridge on the River Kwai and her biography of him appeared in 2005. Fascinated by how people cope with extreme situations, she has turned her attention on the effect of the Second World war on non-combatants - the women and children. Recently she published Fashion on the Ration, a book that looks at what we wore during the Second World War. Her book Home Fires, the story of the WI in wartime, has inspired Masterpiece’s new Fall 2015 drama series HOME FIRES, featuring Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis and many others.
“Millions of words have been written about the military and social
history of both world wars, but Summers carves out a little area of
her own by examining the vital work performed by the Women’s
Institute who, through its meticulous organizational skills and
national network, found its finest hour in the face of conflict.”
—Daily Mail (London)
“That image of defiant jam making sums up the way many see the
wartime contribution of the Woman's Institute.” – The Economist
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