unknown story.

I don't know if anyone can help me with this question but I read a story a few years ago and I just thought about it but for the life of me I can't remember the name of the story. It was about a woman who lived in a time where there was a war going on around her. She however refused to believe that the war was taking place and tried her best to live her life as if it wasn't happening. She would walk to the store to get what limited amount of bread there was and walk home, alone. Her neighbors homes were boarded up and everyone sat on the floor to hide from the military that would line the streets and occasionally go into the homes. She refused to leave her home and change her lifestyle. It was a really good story and I wanted to read it to my ten year old because he is into all the military stuff. He was asking me questions about what people did in these types of situations. I figured if I could find this story and read it with him he may get another view of what it was like. Although my son is only ten he can tell you basically anything you want to know about the civil war, Revolutionary war, D-day, WW1, WW2 and the Seven years war (French and Indian war). He is obsessed with know what weapons were introduced into the wars and what were the main used weapons. I just thought this story would help him understand how the people felt and lived.