{"product_id":"cider-with-rosie-book-laurie-lee-9781851709939","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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49509304140049,"sku":"GOR003376012","price":24.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49556711342353,"sku":"GOR003619535","price":24.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49959491109137,"sku":"CIN1851709932G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51459191439633,"sku":"GOR010613644","price":24.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1851709932.jpg?v=1750803242","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/cider-with-rosie-book-laurie-lee-9781851709939","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}