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Testament of Friendship
Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred Holtby | Vera Brittain
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In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the destruction of a generation which for her included those she most dearly loved - her lover, her brother, her closest friends. In Testament of Friendship Brittain tells the story of the woman who helped her survive those tragic years - the writer Winifred Holtby. They met at Somerville College, Oxford, immediately after the war and their friendship continued through Vera's marriage and their separate but parallel writing careers until Winifred's untimely death at the age of thirty-seven.When she died her fame as a writer was about to reach its peak with the publication of her greatest novel, South Riding. A moving record of a friendship between two women of courage, determination and intelligence, and a wonderful portrait of a lifelong love, Testament of Friendship now takes its rightful place as a Virago Modern Classic, with a new introduction by Mark Bostridge.
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Eggs
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Friends come and go but friendships endure the test of time and loyalty 🥰

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#selfimprovementseptember
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OriginalCyn620 👌🏻📚😊 5y
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GlitteryOtters
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For today's #booktober prompt of "favorite friendships", I decided not to focus on favorite fictional friendships & chose one of my favorite actual bookish friendships, the friendship between two early 20th century British writers I adore, Winifred Holtby & Vera Britain. (Also, I'm still in California & posting photos I prepped in advance before I left...seeing these daily pics is making me miss my books so much!)

rubyslippersreads Haven't heard of A Working Partnership. Will have to add it to my TBR list. 😀📚 8y
GlitteryOtters @rubyslippersreads it is well worth reading, but might be a little difficult to find--I think it's been somewhere between 25 & 30 years since it was published. I had to search a bit when I bought it, and that was somewhere between 10 & 15 years back. Hopefully it will be stashed somewhere nearby in a convenient library for you! 8y
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