num_pages: 231
description: At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosie is a charming memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a world that is tangibly real and yet reminiscent of a now distant past. In this idyllic pastoral setting, unencumbered by the callous father who so quickly abandoned his family responsibilities, Laurie's adoring mother becomes the centre of his world as she struggles to raise a growing family against the backdrop of the Great War. The 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. Rosie's identity from the novel Cider with Rosie was kept secret for 25 years. She was Rose Buckland, Lee's cousin by marriage.
language: English
title: Cider with Rosie
titlecomplete: Cider with Rosie
characters: Laurie Lee
genres: Biography, British Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, 20th Century, Modern Classics, History
ratings_count: 13372
places: Sheepscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, Cotswolds, England, Slad, Gloucestershire, England
series: The Autobiographical Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: WH Smith Literary Award
publisher: Penguin