{"product_id":"cider-with-rosie-laurie-lee-9781567928129","title":"Cider with Rosie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable book written with such dazzling verbal imagery and such relish in all the sensations of being alive that it is magically contagious.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA beloved English classic--more than six million copies sold worldwide--that celebrates a bygone world and the author's own unforgettable journey from the wonder of childhood to the awkward agonies of adolescence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laurie Lee was born in 1914 in Gloucestershire, then a remote corner of England. Abandoned by her husband, Lee's adoring mother becomes the center of his world as she struggles to raise a family on her own. \"I was perfectly content,\" Lee writes, \"and tumbled through the hand-to-mouth days, patched or dressed-up, scolded, admired, swept off my feet in sudden passions of kisses, or dumped forgotten among the unwashed pots.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As his childhood passes, very unexpectedly one day, the center of Lee's world shifts when he meets someone very special... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I turned to look at Rosie. She was yellow and dusty with buttercups and seemed to be purring in the gloom; her hair was rich as a wild bee's nest and her eyes were full of stings. I did not know what to do about her, nor did I know what not to do. She looked smooth and precious, a thing of unplumbable mysteries, and perilous as quicksand.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, Lee illuminates an era without electricity or telephones, an England on the cusp of the modern era, the cadence of village and family life, with a poignant lyricism that has captivated readers since it was first published in 1959. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Nonpareil edition includes a new introduction by award-winning author Simon Winchester.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567928129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567928129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nonpareil Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Laurie Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46052371759359,"sku":"9781567928129","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcc8b4b7-20b6-4560-b688-1baf6326a655.jpg?v=1723556178","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cider-with-rosie-laurie-lee-9781567928129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}