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Cider with Rosie

By: Laurie Lee
Narrated by: Laurie Lee
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Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past.

©1989 Laurie Lee (P)2009 Random House Audio Books Rural Sociology Village Heartfelt

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What a gift to literature this audiobook is. This is the closest thing I have ever come to hopping in a time machine. He has such a talent for writing.

His language is pure poetry, packed full of metaphors and similes that magically take you right into the heart of his childhood experiences. Close your eyes and you are instantly in the cottage with him, or strolling through the village.

A lot of the stories are so simple, and yet they are gripping. I couldn’t stop listening to it. I felt I was growing up with him.

Being narrated by the author himself just made the book come even more alive. I love his accent, it really adds to atmosphere created by the book. It was such a treat to hear him read it.

An absolute delight

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loved every minute. Read it at school so it was wonderful to relive it. and of course having to read by the author really was special

Beautifully written such great attention to detail

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What a brilliant book! A description of rural life in a Cotswold village in England around 1910 to 1920. It is a completely honest description of Laurie Lee’s family, school, childhood friends, neighbours and countryside at that time. Honesty is the most striking thing about the book: especially when Lee is describing people’s beauty, faults and behaviour. Lees description of nature and the oneness of the villagers and nature is the best I’ve ever read. It reminded me a lot of Tolkien’s understanding of nature. It’s extremely funny in parts and at times extremely moving. It’s also read by the author. What a gift!
What an incredible book.

The work of a genius

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This is so much more than a memoir. Is it prose as poetry, or poetry as prose? Either way it is beautiful. The author's narration is warm, wise and knowing. This was my first experience of this book and I have been amazed. STUNNING. If you don't like it, you are wrong 😉

Prose as poetry

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Where does Cider with Rosie rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Highly rated and really enjoyed the book

What did you like best about this story?

Loved the description of this world that has gone, especially from the point of view of a little boy. There was an added benefit of having Laurie Lee read it himself - I felt that this added to the book.

Any additional comments?

Lovely gently listen, full of lovely description and lovely people who just got on with the life they were born to without question.

Recreated a world that has long since disappeared.

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What made the experience of listening to Cider with Rosie the most enjoyable?

I was transported back in time to the life, and locations described in the book. The book is honest, heart warming, funny, and thought provoking. Excellent!

Absolutely loved it!

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Lee's voice is perfect reading his own story. Utterly evocative, like being doused in warm syrup. Truly lovely.

Magical

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A wonderful and evocative telling of the life in a Gloucestershire village over many years.

The lilting vouce of Laurie Lee as he recalled his childhood and life in his village

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I read this many years ago and remember loving it, conjuring up a whole vivid lost world in wonderfully gentle prose. I wanted to re-read it, but to listen to it instead read by the author was pure magic. A classic, and my best audio book to date.

A very special experience

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Simply wonderful. To hear Laurie Lee himself reading this very special book is a treat indeed.

The best audio book I have listened to so far

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