Testament of Youth (Penguin Classics)
by Vera Brittain
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Author: Vera BrittainIntroduction: Mark Bostridge
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-31
ISBN: 0143039237
Number of pages: 688
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: A Transformative Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
There's not much more to say than has already been written, but I just want to add that I got this book from the library sometime in the 1970's and I have never forgotten it. As a member of the Vietnam generation I couldn't help comparing her experiences to mine. Her entire generation went to war; I hardly knew anyone who did. The young men of my age were in college for the most part and, therefore, exempt from the draft. I am still haunted by her heartbreaking account of the beaten, broken young men in the muddy trenches as they watched the Americans arriving to come to their aid. The memory brings me to tears to this day. I never forgot her observation at the end of the book as she watched the deplorable treatment of the German people, seeing the seeds of the next war being sown. I am overjoyed to have found this wondrous book after all these years!
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