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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... window into the backyard . No rink this and his absent father . The war year . ― Graeme was still in Halifax . Now ... window the window facing west , the sunset filtered through the steam and the steam turned to frost on the narrow ...
... window into the backyard . No rink this and his absent father . The war year . ― Graeme was still in Halifax . Now ... window the window facing west , the sunset filtered through the steam and the steam turned to frost on the narrow ...
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... window . What ? Something struck the window . Mi got out of bed and crossed the floor the planking cool beneath her feet . Perhaps the branch of a tree and the wind ... There isn't any wind . Something struck the window . There isn't ...
... window . What ? Something struck the window . Mi got out of bed and crossed the floor the planking cool beneath her feet . Perhaps the branch of a tree and the wind ... There isn't any wind . Something struck the window . There isn't ...
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... window open and empty . Matthew listened . The revving motor had been kicked and gunned into action . The sound of it was now so distant , it was almost silent . It whispered Ivan and was gone . Matthew turned and went back up the steps ...
... window open and empty . Matthew listened . The revving motor had been kicked and gunned into action . The sound of it was now so distant , it was almost silent . It whispered Ivan and was gone . Matthew turned and went back up the steps ...
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