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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... walked or leaning against his shoulder while he drove . Ways , too , in which they glanced at one another - especially Mi at Graeme with sudden , knowing smiles . Also , their laughter . Their ease in one another's presence . Though it ...
... walked or leaning against his shoulder while he drove . Ways , too , in which they glanced at one another - especially Mi at Graeme with sudden , knowing smiles . Also , their laughter . Their ease in one another's presence . Though it ...
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... had done . Matthew thought : Dad looks tired . The woman laughed . Matthew walked farther out waited , and then went all the way to the end . " Hi . " Graeme looked at him and straightened . " It's nearly time to eat , I guess . 186.
... had done . Matthew thought : Dad looks tired . The woman laughed . Matthew walked farther out waited , and then went all the way to the end . " Hi . " Graeme looked at him and straightened . " It's nearly time to eat , I guess . 186.
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... walked three paces behind the C.O. , dreading an accidental encounter with the P.M.'s heels . Mister King had spoken to three of the men . ― - Perhaps because of the fog , a great many birds — mostly gulls and pigeons had decided to ...
... walked three paces behind the C.O. , dreading an accidental encounter with the P.M.'s heels . Mister King had spoken to three of the men . ― - Perhaps because of the fog , a great many birds — mostly gulls and pigeons had decided to ...
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aeroplane Alex Ross Anne Howard arette arms bathroom Bette Davis Betty Grable blue Bonnie Camp Borden Cary Grant chair cigarette damn dead dining-room door dress drink Ellen Eloise eyes face father fingers Flying Officer Forbes Foxbar glass gone goodbye Graeme Graeme's Gray Green Parrot hair hand heard Hello Henderson Isabel Ivan Ivan Henderson Ivan's laughed leaned light Loretta Matthew Forbes Matthew looked Mattie mess Mi's Michael Maude Miss Rose Mister Mortson mother motorcycle never night nodded Okay parade ground photograph playing porch Red Wilson Rupert Shanty Bay shoulder silent sitting smell smiled someone sorry Spitfire standing stared sure tell Thank There's thing thought Timothy Findley told took Trenton turned waited walked watched waved wearing What's Willows window wings woman women wore Yonge Street