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Cargando... Piano rock : a 1950s childhood (edición 2008)por Gavin Bishop
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. good book for understanding the life of a child in the1950's. I found that you really needed to have an understanding of New Zealand cultural history or grandparents that you could discuss the book with to come to grips with the ideas portrayed in the book. The review by KiwiNyx sums this book up and i don't feel so embarassed that i didn't really like it apart form being able to read it in an afternoon. ( ) A memoir of the author's childhood years spent living in Kingston, Southland, New Zealand. His family were there for about 5 years and he had many interesting tales of life in 1950's New Zealand. The writing style didn't grab me at all but the book is a quick and easy read. What I did enjoy was the telling of the way things used to be done 60 years ago. How women found it a huge embarrassment if they didn't have a selection of home baking available when needed - they set aside a whole day per week just filling up all their baking tins, and the beautiful thing is that my Grandma used to do this as well. The small town Guy Fawkes night where a big bonfire would be lit and fireworks were let off together. Catching eels and fish in the streams, making huts out of whatever you could find in the bush. I just loved reading about things that sadly don't happen as often anymore. It is a rather odd memoir as it only captures a few years of the author's childhood, and the chapters are a bit disjointed, the memories don't flow together into a story at all. But still, it is an insight into the past that I did enjoy. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Memoirs of Gavin Bishop's childhood days growing up in Kingston beside Lake Wakatipu. Bishop recalls his boyhood spent haring around outside, building huts, eating girdle scones and marmite sandwiches, going to school on a horse and catching eels. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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