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Elsie And Mairi Go To War: Two Extraordinary Women On The Western Front (2009)

by Diane Atkinson(Favorite Author)

3.06 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1848091338 (ISBN13: 9781848091337)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Preface Publishing

review 1: Elsie and Mairi had interesting experiences and their story is worth knowing. However, the writing in this book was really poor. It seemed like a rough draft. I was actually shocked to discover that Diane Atkinson has written several books--I assumed this was her first and wondered how she had found a publisher for it. It needs extensive editing. I laughed out loud when I read this comment in chapter 5. "We are bound to say that the tone of the narrative does not altogether please. It is too kittenish...one seems to hear the writer going off into a giggle whenever a handsome man comes into the story. That is a jarring note and it is a great pity that it should have been struck, for the adventure itself is a very fine one, and moves on a plane in which giggling is r... moreeally quite out of place." This was from a review of a 1916 book about Elsie and Mairi. It could have been written about this one. The book sounded promising, but it simply didn't deliver.
review 2: When a note came from headquarters saying that 'the presence of female personnel in medical units on the military front is no longer permitted' an exception was made for two women and they continued to run a battlefield first-aid post close to the Belgian lines. This is their story.The story itself is worth telling. I wish the author, her proofreader and her editor had taken more time and care in telling it. The book feels rushed and fragmentary, more like notes for a book than a finished product. The information has been arranged chronologically, but not selected or sorted for relevance or theme. It did not make for a good reading experience. less

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