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Cider With Rosie (The Autobiographical Trilogy #1)

Laurie Lee

Paperback | Pages: 231 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 9132 Users | 751 Reviews

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Original Title:	Cider with Rosie
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Autobiographical Trilogy #1
Characters:	Laurie Lee
Setting:	Cotswolds, England Sheepscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England(United Kingdom) Slad, Gloucestershire, England(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	WH Smith Literary Award (1960)

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At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosie is a charming memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a world that is tangibly real and yet reminiscent of a now distant past.

In this idyllic pastoral setting, unencumbered by the callous father who so quickly abandoned his family responsibilities, Laurie's adoring mother becomes the centre of his world as she struggles to raise a growing family against the backdrop of the Great War.

The sophisticated adult author's retrospective commentary on events is endearingly juxtaposed with that of the innocent, spotty youth, permanently prone to tears and self-absorption.

Rosie's identity from the novel Cider with Rosie was kept secret for 25 years. She was Rose Buckland, Lee's cousin by marriage.


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Title	:	Cider With Rosie (The Autobiographical Trilogy #1)
Author	:	Laurie Lee
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Vintage Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 231 pages
Published	:	May 28th 2002 by Vintage (first published 1959)
Categories	:	Classics. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography

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It is 1917 and Laurie Lee and his family have just arrived in the village of Slad in Gloucestershire for the first time. Their new home is nestled deep in the valley, warmed by open fires and water is got from a pump outside the back door. It is two families that have come together, the elder children are from the first marriage; his father re-married when their mother died, and had a second family before going off to war. Even though his father is not there, it is a happy childhood. The war

Cider with Rosie is a childhood/youth memoir by Laurie Lee. Lee grew up in a small village in Gloucestershire around the time of the end of the Great War. He was born into a family with many children and was raised by his mother and older sisters (his father stayed in London after the war and did not return).What sets Cider with Rosie apart from other (childhood) memoirs is the way it is structured: instead of using a chronological order, Laurie Lee groups his memories into thematic chapters.

3.5-stars Rounded Up.Cider With Rosie is a memoir of Laurie Lees life in the Cotswolds immediately following World War I, and reminded me of A. J. Cronins The Green Years, being told by a young boy of a poor family. I thought this book was quite lovely in places and a bit bogged down in others. It had marvelous potential that it dropped just short of reaching.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

I read this book a great many years ago and remembered it with affection. I found it to be just as delightful the second time around. Lee's writing is lyrical and reminiscent of Dylan Thomas in many places. He recalls a way of life in his Cotswold village which has gone forever, and a family of full and half siblings revolving around their loving, disorganised mother.Very beautiful, and now of course I want to read his other books again.

If anything, I would buy this book for the sole purpose of flipping it randomly to any page to be confronted by Laurie Lee's unforgettable mastery of descriptive detail. He belongs to a talented class of writers, which includes John Muir, who have the ability to capture nature in writing and speak to the reader in an inclusive and intimate manner. Everything in this autobiography is written with such a full, fresh, and loving fondness making it impossible not to like the obscure village of Slad,



This is not a fast-paced adventure book but it does create a beautiful picture of quiet country lanes, honeysuckle on the breeze and both the wonders and tragedies of living so far out in a world controlled solely by the forces of nature.It's a lovely portrait of childhood innocence and growing up, after reading it I got a desperate urge to visit the Cotswolds. The world of childhood is a very small bubble and this takes that alongside the equally small world in which this novel is set and it