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nurse, nursing wounded soldiers in London, Malta and at
Etaples in France. It also describes how she returned, disillusioned, to Somerville College after the war and completed her BA degree. It covers the beginning of her career in journalism, writing for
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unworkable. Only then did she decide to write her personal story, putting her experiences in the wider historic and social context. Several critics have noted the
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would play Vera
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in 1981. In 1998, the war letters which
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joined the cast to play the role of Brittain's fiancé
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