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We That Were Young by Irene Rathbone, Lynn Knight

cannonsr's review

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4.0

I'm marking as memoir, even though it's fiction, because it feels like it has more truth than most books under that label. (Does that make sense?)

I didn't always keep all of the characters straight--is it Betty or Babs who's attached to that soldier? After I finished the book, the critique I read made me believe the book's power is in the individual experiences melding into a portrayal of the masses.

Spoiler(ish). It's WWI. If he's a guy, he dies. Probably.
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