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Cider With Rosie

By: Laurie Lee
Narrated by: Laurie Lee
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The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside

Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past.

'Remains as fresh and full of joy and gratitude for youth and its sensations as when it first appeared. It sings in the memory' Sunday Times


© Laurie Lee 1959 (P) Penguin Audio 2009

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Critic Reviews

Utterly captivating
A classic of English literature
[Laurie Lee] froze a moment in time for us. You don’t forget the language and he is wonderful at detail (Michael Morpurgo)
Evocative memoir.
So convincing and atmospheric… This magical book will captivate you with its richly painted images
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An established classic rendered unique by the voice of its creator. A positive feast!

Words of a poet breath life into times past

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