{"product_id":"9781448208241","title":"Great Meadow : A Memoir","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Meadow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dirk Bogarde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmploying both the language and lucidity of the young boy that he  evokes, the actor turned author, Dirk Bogarde, presents us with a  charming recollection of his childhood. From 1927 to 1934 he lived in a  remote cottage in the Sussex Downs with his sister Elizabeth and their  strict but loving nanny, Lally. For the children it was an idyllic time  of joy and adventure: of gleaning at the end of summer, of oil lamps and  wells, of harvests and harvest mice in the Great Meadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith  great sensitivity and poignancy, this memoir captures the sounds and  scents, the love and gentleness that surrounded the young boy as the  outside world prepared to go to war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1992, this is one of Bogarde's latter memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“He has brought back a land of lost content, and its lamps still shine” —\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448208241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40597615444174,"sku":"9781448208241","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448208241","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}