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In the sequel to her bestselling *Testament of Youth*, Vera Brittain returns to her own diary, charting the interwar years and the Second World War. She recounts the pleasures of marriage and motherhood, her growing reputation as a writer and activist, and the emotional impact of national crises such as the Depression, the rise of Nazism, the abdication crisis, the Spanish Civil War, and the war’s horrors and heroic moments. Brittain’s narrative blends private experience with the broader sweep of public events, presenting a vivid portrait of Britain’s social and political transformations through the eyes of a noted pacifist and journalist.
First publish date: 1957
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Vera Brittain
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