September book and meeting place
Thanks to Susan for hosting our August club meeting. The vineyards and the weather were lovely! And we welcomed new member, Lucy. The book for September was suggested by Susan. It's called Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. [Note: this book does not appear to be available in French.] DESCRIPTION: In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that would have been unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived those agonising years; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time, and has lost none of its power to shock, move and enthral readers since