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Briggs covers almost 50 years in about 100 pages, but the moments he touches on give you a really clear picture of his parents (he himself plays only a minor part in the story of their...more...]]> 55378262 698826 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri May 08 10:07:42 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 10:09:32 -0700 2009 72584972 177641 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 0 0 false Sat Sep 26 15:35:21 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:35:26 -0700 2009 http://lakesidemusing.blogspot.com/2009/...]]> 57863523 270152 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:33:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:34:21 -0700 2009 49427266 816434 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 4 0 false Mon Mar 16 06:46:52 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 06:48:00 -0700 2009 3943427 241691 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 4 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Aug 01 19:34:48 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 19:35:51 -0700 2007 Ethel and Ernest of the title) feels characteristically detached but at the same time is quite touching. These are ordinary people who manage to get by in difficult times, a sort of quintessentially British tale of the war years in particular. It's also quite a ...more...]]> 77540175 2672252 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 1 0 false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 07:35:09 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 18:28:43 -0800 2009 71013648 930189 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 1 0 false Sat Sep 12 19:31:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:32:19 -0700 2009 53004697 405571 402252 0375407588 9780375407581 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913m/402252.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664913s/402252.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402252.Ethel_and_Ernest_A_True_Story 3.99 104 --Wendy Smith ]]> 1998 4 0 false Fri Apr 17 06:25:46 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 06:25:55 -0700 2009 27314181 76138 402251 0375714472 9780375714474 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174448060m/402251.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174448060s/402251.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402251.Ethel_Ernest_A_True_Story 4.40 10 Ethel & Ernest is Raymond Briggs's loving depiction of his parents' lives from their chance first encounter in the 1920s until their deaths in the 1970s.

Ethel and Ernest were solid members of the English working class, part of the generation that lived through the most tumultuous years of the twentieth century. They met during the Depression--she working as a maid, he as a milkman--and we follow them as they court and marry, make a home, raise their son, and cope with the dark days of World War II. Briggs's portrayal of how his parents succeeded, or failed, in coming to terms with the events of their rapidly shifting world--the advent of radio, television, and telephones; the development of the atomic bomb; the moon landing; the social and political turmoil of the sixties--is irresistibly engaging, full of sympathy and affection, yet clear-eyed and unsentimental.

Briggs's illustrations are small masterpieces; coupled with the wonderfully candid dialogue, they evoke the exhilaration and sorrow, excitement and bewilderment, of experiencing such enormous changes. As much a social history as a personal account, Ethel & Ernest is a moving tribute to ordinary people living in an extraordinary time.


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