{"product_id":"cider-with-rosie-9781567928129","title":"Cider with Rosie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable book written with such dazzling verbal imagery and such relish in all the sensations of being alive that it is magically contagious.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA beloved English classic--more than six million copies sold worldwide--that celebrates a bygone world and the author's own unforgettable journey from the wonder of childhood to the awkward agonies of adolescence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laurie Lee was born in 1914 in Gloucestershire, then a remote corner of England. Abandoned by her husband, Lee's adoring mother becomes the center of his world as she struggles to raise a family on her own. \"I was perfectly content,\" Lee writes, \"and tumbled through the hand-to-mouth days, patched or dressed-up, scolded, admired, swept off my feet in sudden passions of kisses, or dumped forgotten among the unwashed pots.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As his childhood passes, very unexpectedly one day, the center of Lee's world shifts when he meets someone very special... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, Lee illuminates an era without electricity or telephones, an England on the cusp of the modern era, the cadence of village and family life, with a poignant lyricism that has captivated readers since it was first published in 1959. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Nonpareil edition includes a new introduction by award-winning author Simon Winchester.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nonpareil Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878004134162,"sku":"9781567928129","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9ce6117-36a6-4826-9505-a06bcb141107.jpg?v=1738230717","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cider-with-rosie-9781567928129","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}