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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... mess were somewhat intimidating . What do they know about me ? What have they heard ? But Roy stood by him and , though he drank , he never drank to excess . Roy had said : the only thing I ask is that we don't become an item . This had ...
... mess were somewhat intimidating . What do they know about me ? What have they heard ? But Roy stood by him and , though he drank , he never drank to excess . Roy had said : the only thing I ask is that we don't become an item . This had ...
Page 178
... mess . Matthew wore long trousers . Not the ducks , but others . Bought in June , they had lain unused in the middle drawer of his bureau with the promise , every day , that he would wear them tomorrow . They were khaki , with cuffs ...
... mess . Matthew wore long trousers . Not the ducks , but others . Bought in June , they had lain unused in the middle drawer of his bureau with the promise , every day , that he would wear them tomorrow . They were khaki , with cuffs ...
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... mess that night . It was a male event . They were feting Red Wilson . Matthew was heartbroken , but Mi and Eloise didn't mind so much . They had seen him early in the afternoon , as he was going into lunch with the Prime Minister and ...
... mess that night . It was a male event . They were feting Red Wilson . Matthew was heartbroken , but Mi and Eloise didn't mind so much . They had seen him early in the afternoon , as he was going into lunch with the Prime Minister and ...
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