Train to nowhere: one woman's war, ambulance driver, reporter, liberator [eAudiobook]
Leslie, Anita2018
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Train to Nowhere is a war memoir seen through the sardonic eyes of Anita Leslie, a funny and vivacious young woman who reports on her experiences with a dry humour, finding the absurd alongside the tragic. Daughter of a Baronet and first cousin once removed of Winston Churchill, she joined the Mechanised Transport Corps as a fully trained mechanic and ambulance driver during WWII, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France and Germany. Ahead of her time, Anita bemoans 'first-rate women subordinate to second-rate men,' and, as the British Army forbade women from serving at the front, joined the Free French Forces in order to do what she felt was her duty. Writing letters in Hitler's recently vacated office and marching in the Victory parade contrast with observations of seeing friends murdered and a mother avenging her son by coldly shooting a prisoner of war. Unflinching and unsentimental, Train to Nowhere is a memoir of Anita's war, one that, long after it was written, remains poignant and relevant.
Main title:
Train to nowhere: one woman's war, ambulance driver, reporter, liberator [eAudiobook] / Anita Leslie ; read by Deryn Edwards.
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Edition:
Unabridged ed.
Imprint:
[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2018.
Notes:
Downloadable eAudiobook.Non fiction.Duration: 09:36:32.
Performers:
Read by Deryn Edwards.
Audience:
Interest age level: Adult.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:
9781489452252
Language:
English
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BRN:
339403
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| Web | Eaudio Books | DOWNLOADABLE | check availability online (Set: 15 May 2018) |