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Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One by Kate Adie | 5 | 50.00% | |
A Diary without Dates by Enid Bagnold | 6 | 60.00% | |
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain | 6 | 60.00% | |
A Nurse at the Front: The First World War Diaries of Sister Edith Appleton, Ruth Cowen (ed.) | 4 | 40.00% | |
The Roses of No-Man’s Land by Lyn Macdonald | 4 | 40.00% | |
We That Were Young by Irene Rathbone | 4 | 40.00% | |
Home Fires Burning: The Great War Diaries of Georgina Lee, 1914-1919, Gavin Roynon (ed.) | 4 | 40.00% | |
Not So Quiet… by Helen Zenna Smith (pseudonym of Australian Evadne Price) | 3 | 30.00% | |
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06-01-2014, 02:43 PM | #1 |
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issybird Vote • June 2014
Help us choose the June 2014 selection to read for the MR Literary Club! The poll will be open for three days.
The vote is multiple choice. You may vote for as many or as few as you like. The rotating nominator (this month - issybird) may not vote in the poll. A discussion thread will begin shortly after a winner is chosen. In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day non-multiple-choice run-off poll (where the rotating nominator again may note vote). In the event that the run-off poll also ends in a tie, the tie will be resolved by the rotating nominator. Select from the following works: Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One by Kate Adie Spoiler:
A Diary without Dates by Enid Bagnold Spoiler:
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain Spoiler:
A Nurse at the Front: The First World War Diaries of Sister Edith Appleton, Ruth Cowen (ed.) Spoiler:
The Roses of No-Man’s Land by Lyn Macdonald Spoiler:
We That Were Young by Irene Rathbone Spoiler:
Home Fires Burning: The Great War Diaries of Georgina Lee, 1914-1919, Gavin Roynon (ed.) Spoiler:
Not So Quiet… by Helen Zenna Smith (pseudonym of Australian Evadne Price) Spoiler:
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06-01-2014, 03:25 PM | #2 |
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In looking at the possibilities, I was interested to learn the the title "Not So Quiet" not only refers to "All Quiet on the Western Front", but that the book was originally conceived by her publisher as a spoof on Remarque's, from the point of view of a woman. Smith wrote a serious book instead and based it on the now lost diaries of Winifred Young.
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06-02-2014, 06:45 PM | #3 |
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In the end I voted for the books I can get hold of most easily, but it was a tough choice!
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06-03-2014, 10:07 AM | #4 |
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I voted for the ones available from my library. That only excluded two. Thanks for the list issybird.
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06-04-2014, 04:07 PM | #5 |
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And it's a tie! I'll have the run-off up soon.
ETA - And the one-day run-off is up here! Will it be the Bagnold or the Brittain? Last edited by sun surfer; 06-04-2014 at 04:17 PM. |
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