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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.
- Laurie Lee
- 1959
An extremely vivid description of the author’s life in a small English village in the early part of the 20th century, Cider With Rosie depicts a world that was soon to vanish: a world where transport was limited to the horse and cart, and where there were few reasons to travel away from one’s home.
- David Punter
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 ...
Sep 27, 2015 · Cider with Rosie: Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. With Timothy Spall, Samantha Morton, Georgie Smith, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen. A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
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- Drama
- Philippa Lowthorpe
- 2015-09-27
Oct 2, 2014 · Rosalind Buckland was the inspiration for the title of Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee's evocative description of his childhood in a Cotswold village. Born Rosalind Gleed, she was Lee's...
Cider with Rosie is a memoir by Laurence Edward Alan Lee, or “Laurie” Lee. Published in 1959 by Hogarth Press, it centres around Lee’s upbringing in the English Cotswolds and how his mother struggles to raise a large family on her own.
Behold the apples’ rounded worlds: juice-green of July rain, the black polestar of flowers, the… mapped with its crimson stain. The russet, crab and cottage red
