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  1. Cider with Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee (published in the US as Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England, 1960). It is the first book of a trilogy that continues with As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). It has sold over six million copies worldwide. The novel is an account of Lee's childhood in the ...

    • Laurie Lee
    • United Kingdom
    • 1959
    • 284
  2. At school Loll and his classmates are terrorized by their formidable teacher Crabby until hulking Spadge Hopkins literally puts her in her place. Far more important to Loll's schooldays are the captivating Burdock sisters, Jo and Rosie, and as he grows into adolescence and beyond, eventually leaving home to seek his fortune, he samples the ...

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  4. Sep 16, 2014 · Mrs Buckland would have been 100 on 17 September. The woman who inspired "Rosie" in Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel Cider with Rosie has died just days before her 100th birthday. Rosalind ...

  5. A general summary. In Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee recalls his childhood and adolescence. He was one of seven children in a close family headed by his mother: he grew up in England, in a Cotswold village governed by tradition. The book is organised in accord with his early exploration of his widening world. He examines his infant sensations ...

  6. Rosie tells Jojo that he shouldn't be obsessed with war, but should be celebrating life and dancing. They ride bikes home.

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  7. Why the wedding is so rushed is not clear, though there are hints that Harriet may be pregnant. Neither is an explanation offered as to why the wedding is arranged by the groom's parents and not ...

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