This is a really extraordinary book that tells the story of a young woman who drops out of Oxford in 1914 to become a nurse for the British military in France and Belgium. For one, she opens with a long section about Oxford life, the expectations of life for women her age, and even mentions that her cohort at school included Dorothy Sayers, who famously went to Somerset. The book then goes on to her decisions to leave school and join the service. As she’s […]