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Bezig met laden... Apple Tree Lean Down (1970)door Mary E. Pearce
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. My mom gave me this book when I was a teenager. It's a romance of the sort she favors- spanning generations of Brits. I loved it passionately in my youth and haven't read it in a very long time. There's one line in it that I loved especially, something about warm rains soft fields and a man sowing seed... geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Apple Tree Saga (1)
The saga opens with young Beth Tewke struggling to come to terms with a tragic loss. Left with little choice after the tragedy, she and her mother are compelled to go and live with her old Grandfather Tewke, to help him keep house and do what they can to keep his carpentry business up and running. It is at Grandfather Tewke's that Beth grows up into a willful and independent young woman, ary of her ageing grandparent's plans to secure the continuation of his business by finding a good marriage for her. But Beth has her own ideas, and remains determined to live her life according to her own choices, whatever they may be. Resplendent with beautifully drawn scenes of country life and filled with warm, compelling characters, APPLE TREE LEAN DOWN follows the fortunes of Beth and her family through the seasons of birth and loss, marriage and hope, and marks the beginning of a remarkable rural destiny. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Told is gentle, descriptive prose this is just beginning of the story that follows this family through it’s ups and downs. By the end of the book, another main character has taken over the narrative, Betony, Beth’s daughter who turns 18 on the eve of the first World War. Eventually this saga will cover four generations of this yeoman family.
This is a story of England, told through the eyes of farmers, labourers and craftsmen. Covering births, marriages and deaths, the fortunes of this family, their hopes and their losses are revealed against a backdrop of scenes of country life in the late 18th century. I enjoyed this story, loved that it has such a strong sense of place, and I look forward to the next volume. ( )