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This is a highly atmospheric lyrically written memoire of a childhood in rural England in the 1920s. One of seven children raised by a slightly eccentric mother in relative poverty, this could have been a story of physical and psychic deprivation. Rather, the author leaves the reader nostalgic for a simpler, more contented time.
This felt like a combination of James Herriot, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and several other memoirs of an earlier, more innocent time. It was a remembrance of a childhood of near destitution, yet told in a way that just stated the facts, the beauty of the countryside, the eccentricities of the people, the oddness and closeness of family. It's a story of life as it is, with no apologies, no regrets for what was or wasn't. It's the sweetest memories of childhood, with all of its chuckles and struggles,
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