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Mostly in clover farm memoir rural canada family life
MOSTLY IN CLOVER farm memoir rural Canada family life
E.P. Dutton & Co., 1961, 227 pages
. . . With a winning blend of nostalgia and amusement, he writes of the people and events, the trials, triumphs, tears and laughter which stand out most boldly in his recollections of his boyhood. Yet for all its charm, his account is essentially realistic. Mr. Boyle has skillfully refrained from applying to the past a coating of sugary sentimentalism.
Dozens of people stroll in and out of the authors recollections, leaving vivid impressions of their personalities. He lovingly recalls his family: his grandparents, who occasionally provided a haven from a storm of parental wrath; his warm-hearted but taciturn father, and his mother, the family financier, whose skillful management of her teapot bank kept the family solvent in moment of financial stress.
Affectionately, the author observes in retrospect the quirks and foibles of the aunts, uncles and cousins who were part of his childhood world . . .
. . . The most outstanding quality of the book is the sensitivity with which Mr. Boyle writes of the difficult years that lie between boyhood and manhood. He describes with unusual insight the incidents which for him were milestones on the path that led out of the complexities of adolescence to the more stable world of adulthood.
Equally sensitive are his descriptions of the rural world in which he grew up. His long-standing familiarity with the outdoors has bred in him an articulate appreciation of the many-faced beauty of the fields and woods . . .
On a Condition Scale of Fine, Very Good, Good, Fair or Poor - this book is in VERY GOOD to GOOD CONDITION - there is a bookplate on the first free endpage - the dustjacket is in GOOD to FAIR CONDITION with edgewear at the upper spine edge and upper front corner - small tears and chips. A clean and sturdy reading copy.
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