The book reads more like a novel than a diary. Its details about EB
's work as a VAD
include sometimes quite graphic descriptions of the war injuries sustained by the men. One has no...
Textual Features
E. M. Delafield
It drew on EMD
's experiences as a VAD
. Some of the women, particularly the Director, take their war work much too seriously; their first encounter with meaningful employment becomes an outlet for a...
Textual Production
Vera Brittain
VB
published Verses of a VAD, which collected poems she had written during World War I..
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
