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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... mother wears a small , neat hat and a formal suit of some dark colour . The daughter , dressed as a boy , is ... mother's sleeve . - A woman with square - cut hair is standing before an easel . She wears a painter's smock and running ...
... mother wears a small , neat hat and a formal suit of some dark colour . The daughter , dressed as a boy , is ... mother's sleeve . - A woman with square - cut hair is standing before an easel . She wears a painter's smock and running ...
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... Mother's colour , not mine . Except in bikes , he thought - and then , at last : " WHERE IS HE ? " Mi lied . " There must be some kind of meeting , " she said . " Why can't he phone and say so ? " " It's all right , darling . Please ...
... Mother's colour , not mine . Except in bikes , he thought - and then , at last : " WHERE IS HE ? " Mi lied . " There must be some kind of meeting , " she said . " Why can't he phone and say so ? " " It's all right , darling . Please ...
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... mother , she went out dancing with other people's husbands . Including Graeme . More than likely . Why else have his picture on her dressing - table ? Also why else hide it , next time Matthew came to stay overnight ? Gone - until he ...
... mother , she went out dancing with other people's husbands . Including Graeme . More than likely . Why else have his picture on her dressing - table ? Also why else hide it , next time Matthew came to stay overnight ? Gone - until he ...
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