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Roary Revisited: A Rural Childhood - Couverture souple

Smith, Jean

 
9781425933685: Roary Revisited: A Rural Childhood
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ISBN 10 : 1425933688 ISBN 13 : 9781425933685
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

This is an account of a rural childhood in North Devon at the end of the Second World War. It is recounted with humour, irony and a little pathos. Though the family was poor by today's standards, they were rich in humour and the pleasures of a truly rural, simplistic way of life. An overcrowded thatched cottage (that nearly caught fire one Guy Fawkes night) didn't deter the Plymouth relatives from periodically descending upon them. You will get to know each family member, they were all so different. This is a delightfully perceptive view of the period, the countryside and the country characters who lived in and around the vicinity of Roary and Molland village. You will not be alone in wanting to go and get a feel of the place, even though there is nothing to be seen of the house now, although the well is visible still. This is a book you will want to read and re-read from time to time, everybody can relate to it in some form or other.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Jean Smith has lived for the last thirty-six years in the picturesque Exmoor village of Winsford. "As the crow flies," she says, "it's only a few miles from Roary", where she lived and grew up. Mother of three, grandmother of two and great grandmother of one, she now lives alone except for a Burmese cat, a St John's Water Dog, a little rescued mongrel, three pet drakes and various bantams. "Animals are my closest family now, I know what they are thinking and they can anticipate my every move, they are all wonderful and so amusing." Amateur Dramatics, The Poetry Circle and the Church Choir keep her fully occupied, not to mention gardening, painting and writing! "There is something to do or attend to almost every day of the year in Winsford, we are a very busy, close little community." Jean says, "I'm pretty lucky really, because I am doing all the things I enjoy and living in a beautiful part of the country. Exmoor is very special to me, I am homesick whenever I go away from it."

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is an account of a rural childhood in North Devon at the end of the Second World War. It is recounted with humour, irony and a little pathos. Though the family was poor by today's standards, they were rich in humour and the pleasures of a truly rural, simplistic way of life. An overcrowded thatched cottage (that nearly caught fire one Guy Fawkes night) didn't deter the Plymouth relatives from periodically descending upon them. You will get to know each family member, they were all so different. This is a delightfully perceptive view of the period, the countryside and the country characters who lived in and around the vicinity of Roary and Molland village. You will not be alone in wanting to go and get a feel of the place, even though there is nothing to be seen of the house now, although the well is visible still. This is a book you will want to read and re-read from time to time, everybody can relate to it in some form or other.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1425933688
ISBN 13 
9781425933685
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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