{"product_id":"cider-with-rosie","title":"Cider with Rosie","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCider with Rosie\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLaurie Lee\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781567923551\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid R. Godine, Publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e212\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine, Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Cider with Rosie | Laurie Lee | Paperback | 9781567923551 | Used: Like New | Biography 1733617 (temp: 25)","offer_id":49023059919000,"sku":"1733617","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51EudryuEWL.jpg?v=1778397339","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/cider-with-rosie","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}