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At the end of June 1944 Squadron Leader Eric Wells returned to England on a posting to the Air Ministry. On 8 July, he and Maureen were married. After the war Eric and Maureen emigrated to Australia and settled in Melbourne. They had a son, three daughters, and three grandchildren. In 2000, deeply grateful for his interesting and very happy life and 56 years of marriage with Maureen, Eric died, aged 85, after a short illness. He is greatly missed by Maureen, who continues to live in Australia.
Maureen is a candid, natural humorist: sometimes as good as Monica Dickens in her sharp observation * The Times * Gloriously unself-conscious, like a diary emphatically not written for publication, Entertaining Eric recreates a world we have lost - of bath salts and lending libraries, red rubber hotties and black market perfume * Sunday Times * In Entertaining Eric, Maureen comes across as courageous, sensible, humorous, patriotic, often judgemental, one of that breed of women usually referred to as 'the backbone of England' * Telegraph * A fascinating, funny and touching account of one woman's war * Today * Gutsy, humorous and a tiny bit snobby, she's a brilliant correspondent and chronicler of the times. * Sainsbury's Magazine * A wonderful, insightful illustration of the activities, thoughts and feelings of a young woman during the turbulent time of war. * Family History Monthly * Lively letters from Maureen, a Wren, to her RAF boyfriend kept their romance alive from 1941-45. Eric, who married her, was a lucky man. * Saga Magazine *
