{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c446fed8-3792-4a23-9aef-4756e7190286/6422b1ac1bd0030011317fc3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dot, Dot, Dot: Anon., WAAC: the Woman's Story of the War (1930)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed7c4cf1734ba0e93d0e68/cb2b34e7-0272-4bb0-b1b1-3cfe0aad933c.png?height=200","description":"<p>One of many books about the First World War on the censor’s blacklist, this one claims to offer a new, fresh perspective about the British army. But how much truth can a memoir written by ‘anonymous’ tell? With Dr Andrew Frayn.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>For a novel that's meant to be from a women's point of view, it's often very uncharitable about them. Andrew Frayn</li><li>People are walked up to the door of the bedroom, told it is a bedroom, and then left to imagine for themselves. Aoife Bhreatnach</li><li>It's a generic novel at a moment when this kind of war book is becoming generic. Andrew Frayn</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Andrew Frayn &amp; Fiona Houston, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2022.2129718\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The War Books Boom in Britain</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/anonymous-waac/anonymous-waac-00-h.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘WAAC: the Woman’s Story of the War’ (1930) </a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Fancy supporting the show? Do so here <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod</a> </p><p>Or buy stickers here: <a href=\"https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/</a></p>","author_name":"Aoife Bhreatnach"}