Nonpareil Books: Cider with Rosie (Paperback)

from cayzers

Absolutely spell binding. I reread it as an adult and got so much more out of it than I did as a teenager. Wonderfully evocative (but not overly sentimental) view of a lost way of life (circa 1920)

from shanklinmike

wonderfully written book. Laurie Lee is an artist with words. His ability to draw the scenes for you and to bring the characters to life is amazing. A child's eye view of growing up in a remote village (Slad), his interactions with the people around him and his experiences. Lee is a poet. The cha...

from evilmoose

Loved it :) I listened to this as an audiobook, and Laurie Lee read the book himself - it was just like listening to a collection of wonderful stories from my grandfather. The book tells the autobiographical tale of his early years growing up outside a rural village in the Cotswolds. When it firs...

from PilgrimJess

"Never to be forgotten, that first long secret drink of golden fire,juice of these valleys and of that time,wine of wild orchards,of russet summer,of plump red apples,and Rosie's burning cheeks.Never to be forgotten, or ever tasted agin........." Firstly let me admit that I'm a fan of history and...

from JudyL

One of the most loved books of the 20th century, this tell us of a Cotswold childhood in the early part of the century, when country life had remained unchanged for hundreds of years. Told in a lyrical prose, with humour and tragedy, and unforgetable characters in this small village. The auther w...