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avrilhj's review
4.0
Such a good book. Such a fascinating life. I knew of Brittain not primarily through Testament of Youth, which I’ve found too sad to ever read through properly, but through Testament of Friendship. I was afraid that once Winifred Holtby died my interest in Brittain’s life would wain, but quite otherwise. Her struggles with being a pacifist during World War Two completely fascinated me, and this retelling of them has almost convinced me (my own reason for not being able to identify as an absolute pacifist, despite believing that it is the only logical response to Christ’s teachings, is that I would almost undoubtedly have signed up to fight Hitler). I have already ordered two more of Brittain’s books to read, and I think that is the sign of a really good biography of a writer, that it sends you back to their writings.
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