![]() ![]() ![]() This seemed to sum up a lot of the aura around this book, a kind of unmeasured timelessness.Īnother story of an elderly couple who were removed, quite against their wishes, to the workhouse, dredged up shades of Dickens and the cruelty of age in a society where few could care for their own needs and even fewer could take on the burden of caring for another. Speaking of Granny Trill he says, ”although she had a clock, she kept it simply for the tick, its hands having dropped off years ago. There is a story about two “grannies” who live next door to the Lee family, rivals and grudging enemies, their story made me think of two elderly women I knew when I was a child myself. It had marvelous potential that it dropped just short of reaching. I thought this book was quite lovely in places and a bit bogged down in others. Cronin’s The Green Years, being told by a young boy of a poor family. ![]() Cider With Rosie is a memoir of Laurie Lee’s life in the Cotswolds immediately following World War I, and reminded me of A. ![]()
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