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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... Forbes has been demoted to the rank of Pilot Officer and the Government allowance allotted to Mrs Forbes as the wife of a Royal Canadian Air Force officer will be down- graded accordingly . Matthew folded the letter into its envelope ...
... Forbes has been demoted to the rank of Pilot Officer and the Government allowance allotted to Mrs Forbes as the wife of a Royal Canadian Air Force officer will be down- graded accordingly . Matthew folded the letter into its envelope ...
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... Forbes . " " Where are all the others ? " Mi wanted to know , the room being empty . " Most of them don't arrive until tomorrow . Old boys . Only the new boys arrive today . There will be one other in here with Forbes . He arrives this ...
... Forbes . " " Where are all the others ? " Mi wanted to know , the room being empty . " Most of them don't arrive until tomorrow . Old boys . Only the new boys arrive today . There will be one other in here with Forbes . He arrives this ...
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... Forbes Primus and Forbes Secondus . Heroes of a different stamp . Not for Ian the muddied fields nor for Graeme the acad- emic trophies . All these events were shown in framed , glassed - over photographs : field days , prize days ...
... Forbes Primus and Forbes Secondus . Heroes of a different stamp . Not for Ian the muddied fields nor for Graeme the acad- emic trophies . All these events were shown in framed , glassed - over photographs : field days , prize days ...
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