Synopses & Reviews
In 1914, just as war was declared, 20 year-old Vera Brittain was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later, her lifeand#151;and that of her whole generationand#151;had been irrevocably changed in a way that no one could have imagined in the tranquil pre-war era.
Testament of Youth is Brittainand#8217;s account of how she lost the man she loved, nursed the wounded, survived those agonizing years, and emerged into an altered world. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time. It still retains the power to shock, move, and enthrall readers today.
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Synopsis
A heartwarming portrait of a young woman's life in pre-1914 England and a heartbreaking record of the holocaust that followed.