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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... Rupert and Matthew would sit in contented silence - sharing the broken squares of a Mackintosh toffee or sipping a Pepsi from separate straws . Rupert's mother was famous . Why she was famous was never mentioned . She's famous , that's ...
... Rupert and Matthew would sit in contented silence - sharing the broken squares of a Mackintosh toffee or sipping a Pepsi from separate straws . Rupert's mother was famous . Why she was famous was never mentioned . She's famous , that's ...
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... Rupert said : " I hate chrysanthemums . ” When Matthew looked at him , wondering , he saw that Rupert had been cast adrift in sorrow . He took Rupert's hand . Enormous . Bony . Sad . Bonnie was dead . Rupert , alive . You lose one . You ...
... Rupert said : " I hate chrysanthemums . ” When Matthew looked at him , wondering , he saw that Rupert had been cast adrift in sorrow . He took Rupert's hand . Enormous . Bony . Sad . Bonnie was dead . Rupert , alive . You lose one . You ...
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... Rupert one evening in the Common Room . " One , " said Rupert , taking Matthew farther along the room and stopping before a photograph which showed the debating team of 1923. " There . " Rupert laid a slender finger on a figure pale and ...
... Rupert one evening in the Common Room . " One , " said Rupert , taking Matthew farther along the room and stopping before a photograph which showed the debating team of 1923. " There . " Rupert laid a slender finger on a figure pale and ...
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