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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... face in the photo- graph . That's what happens . Everybody dies . He walked away and stood beside the window . How can the sun be shining ? Nobody spoke . Ellen emptied her cup and , rising , started for the dining - room where the ...
... face in the photo- graph . That's what happens . Everybody dies . He walked away and stood beside the window . How can the sun be shining ? Nobody spoke . Ellen emptied her cup and , rising , started for the dining - room where the ...
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... face in the mirror . Some day . What's that ? Some kind of medicine . Not his dad's . Ivan's . Codeine . The name meant nothing . He shook the bottle . Pills . He smelled his father's shaving cream and smiled . Home . Ivan's shaving ...
... face in the mirror . Some day . What's that ? Some kind of medicine . Not his dad's . Ivan's . Codeine . The name meant nothing . He shook the bottle . Pills . He smelled his father's shaving cream and smiled . Home . Ivan's shaving ...
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... face . She wore a plain cotton dress yellow , verging on apricot . Its belt and collar were white . Where have I seen her ? That face that demeanour almost something thwarted , forgotten , held back . There had once , Mi was certain ...
... face . She wore a plain cotton dress yellow , verging on apricot . Its belt and collar were white . Where have I seen her ? That face that demeanour almost something thwarted , forgotten , held back . There had once , Mi was certain ...
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