{"product_id":"cider-with-rosie-9781567923551","title":"Cider with Rosie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wonderfully charming and poignant memoir of youth in a rural English village--and a fatherless family--set against the backdrop of the Great War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the classic memoir of growing up in a remote Gloucestershire village, a world that Laurie Lee makes tangibly real even as it's now in a distant past. Abandoned by her husband, Laurie's adoring mother becomes the center of his world as she struggles to raise a family on her own. The center of his world, that is, until he meets someone very special... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI 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.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sophisticated adult author's retrospective commentary on events is endearingly juxtaposed with that of the innocent, spotty youth, permanently prone to tears and self-absorption. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e became an instant bestseller when it was published in 1959, selling over six million copies in the UK alone, and continues to be read all over the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-199652\"\u003eLaurie Lee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567923551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567923550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43834560872587,"sku":"9781567923551","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_eb52abfe-8b7f-4a84-aa5c-1a2c1567dbf4.jpg?v=1755664334","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/cider-with-rosie-9781567923551","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}