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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)

Cider With Rosie (The Autobiographical Trilogy #1) Paperback | Pages: 231 pages

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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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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. From the Paperback edition.

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3.5 stars - I thought I would adore this memoir, and parts of it were enthralling. But some chapters I skimmed through because they bored me. I can't pinpoint what made those particular parts less interesting to me, but it was a small enough issue that I will read the second book of the trilogy at some point. I liked Laurie and his tales better once he got a little older, so the second half of the book was best for me. I loved his description of starting school since it so accurately showed the

I was looking forward to reading this memoir, the first in a three-part series. I was especially looking forward to it since this part of the series was based in one of my favorite places in England the Cotswolds. Unfortunately, this book was so dry and boring. I didnt care for the writing style. Towards the end, I really didnt like how he and his friends tried to rape a mentally handicapped girl. Granted, they were young, but that was so disturbing. They werent successful. What bothered me

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.

I asked my boyfriend if he had ever been physically aroused by a work of fiction while reading on a bus or train."Oh, many a time," he said."Really? Did you get an erection?""Yes, of course. Isn't that what you meant? It doesn't happen so much now," he said."Because you are cynical and you've seen it all before?""Partly that," he concurred. "But also because my blood is more sluggish and I have lost the vigour of youth.""When was the last time you got an erection while reading in a public

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.

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

Ok, his prose is great. We all agree on that. He almost gives the reader synesthesia from his descriptions. It's excellent. HOWEVER. I was sickened by some of the things I've read both in the book and surrounding it. I have searched through many other reviews, and all I've really found is "this book is so great because" or "Laurie Lee is the best author because he captures England at it's finest" blah blah blah. He kind of does, but then again, it's nauseatingly rose-tinted, and you can