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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... Isabel's twin . He was killed in the Great War - shot down out of the sky in a Camel aeroplane . In one of the photographs , he stood beside its propeller and leaned against its wing , wearing a long white scarf and smiling Isabel's ...
... Isabel's twin . He was killed in the Great War - shot down out of the sky in a Camel aeroplane . In one of the photographs , he stood beside its propeller and leaned against its wing , wearing a long white scarf and smiling Isabel's ...
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... Isabel was in the dining - room , sorting afghan squares that she and Ellen had crocheted to send to England . She glanced at Mi and said : " you look dead . ” " I am dead . " And then : “ aren't you going to welcome me home ...
... Isabel was in the dining - room , sorting afghan squares that she and Ellen had crocheted to send to England . She glanced at Mi and said : " you look dead . ” " I am dead . " And then : “ aren't you going to welcome me home ...
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... Isabel . Not just an answer - an expla- nation . - The room fell silent . And then : " how come you never married ... Isabel spoke without inflection , her head pressed back , eyes closed , her posture on a tilt — but frozen . She was ...
... Isabel . Not just an answer - an expla- nation . - The room fell silent . And then : " how come you never married ... Isabel spoke without inflection , her head pressed back , eyes closed , her posture on a tilt — but frozen . She was ...
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