Washington Times: BOOK REVIEW: ‘Vera Brittain and the First World War: The Story of “Testament of Youth”’
VERA BRITTAIN AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE STORY OF ‘TESTAMENT OF YOUTH’ By Mark Bostridge Bloomsbury, $27, 252 pages, illustrated TESTAMENT OF YOUTH By Vera Brittain Penguin Books, $18, 661 pages It ...
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Vera Brittain and the First World War: The Story of “Testament of Youth”’
Vera Brittain’s memoir The Testament of Youth is as close to time travel as many of us will ever get. Her intoxicating writing style sucks you into an era full of promise, of tradition and – sadly, of ...
Anyone looking for a powerful summer read should pick up a copy of Vera Brittain’s 1933 “Testament of Youth.” The memoir is a cross between shows like Downton Abbey, films like Galipoli, and ...
Los Angeles Times: ‘Testament of Youth’ traces WWI’s grave effect on woman’s life
From first to last, “Testament of Youth” sweeps you away. Unapologetically emotional and impeccably made in the classic manner, it tells the kind of potent, many-sided story whose unforeseen ...
“Inspirational stories for the damned” is the label given by one blinded soldier to survival tales like his in “Testament of Youth” — it’s also an apt description of this rousing, robust adaptation of ...
Observer: ‘Testament of Youth’ Is a Moving Adaptation of a Powerful WWI Memoir
‘Testament of Youth’ Is a Moving Adaptation of a Powerful WWI Memoir
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