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Down in the Valley
Laurie Lee
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Laurie Lee’s books have touched the lives and hearts of millions of readers. From Cider With Rosie through to his novels, poetry, travel-writing and memoirs, he painted vivid pictures of a land and an age now lost. Now, in this never-before published work, we see Lee return to the Cotswolds and the valley that made him. With his traditional humour and sense of place, he beautifully captures the landscape and people of his home.
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A moving, never-before-published portrait of the landscape that shaped the life of Laurie Lee, the beloved author of Cider With Rosie
‘Before I left the valley I thought everywhere was like this. Then I went away for 40 years and when I came back I realized that nowhere was like this.’
Laurie Lee walked out of his childhood village one summer morning to travel the world, but he was always drawn back to his beloved Slad Valley, eventually returning to make it his home.
In this portrait of his Cotswold home, Laurie Lee guides us through its landscapes, and shares memories of his village youth – from his favourite pub, The Woolpack, to winter skating on the pond, the church through the seasons, local legends, learning the violin and playing jazz records in the privy on a wind-up gramophone.
Filled with wry humour and a love of place, Down in the Valley is a writer’s tribute to the landscape that shaped him, and where he found peace.
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