You Went Away: A NovellaHarperCollins Publishers, 1996 - 218 pages Findley has written a small gem of a novel in this World War II story set on the Home Front. Findley uses the device of a family photo album to recall the personal history and memories of the boy, Matthew Forbes, whose parents' marriage is dissolving during the time of the false peace of wartime Canada. |
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... eyes were alive and bright and the clouded look Mi had dreaded was gone . He smelled like a child his hair , his hands , the back of his neck . And his uniform was pressed and all his buttons polished until they were blinding . " Hello ...
... eyes were alive and bright and the clouded look Mi had dreaded was gone . He smelled like a child his hair , his hands , the back of his neck . And his uniform was pressed and all his buttons polished until they were blinding . " Hello ...
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... eyes , she tilted her head until the brim of her summertime hat was brushing against her shoulder blades . " What have we done to deserve such wonders ? " she said . “ What can we have done , that God is so kind to us ? " Matthew could ...
... eyes , she tilted her head until the brim of her summertime hat was brushing against her shoulder blades . " What have we done to deserve such wonders ? " she said . “ What can we have done , that God is so kind to us ? " Matthew could ...
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A Novella Timothy Findley. - - Every eye in the bleachers — every eye on the reviewing stand every eye in the nearby ... eyes and he desperately wanted to wipe them . But no such luck . Together with the C.O. , he must escort the Prime ...
A Novella Timothy Findley. - - Every eye in the bleachers — every eye on the reviewing stand every eye in the nearby ... eyes and he desperately wanted to wipe them . But no such luck . Together with the C.O. , he must escort the Prime ...
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