false 40496 18 As the slag from the valley's coal-mining shifts slowly over Huw Morgan's home, he relives his life in this once vibrant Welsh community. When the valley was still green and vibrant with life, the youngest son witnesses the events that rock his traditional family of five other brothers and two sisters. It is a time when church deacons use the rule of religion to control crime that is almost non-existent...a time when the concept of a union blows into the valley and slowly grows into the close-knit community's first strike. Through Huw Morgan's eyes, we see family members grow into adulthood and leave home, the development and death of the coal-mining industry in his valley, the laborious birth and growth of a union, the racial clash between the Welsh and the English, and his own personal experiences as he grows into manhood. 2329482 1940 How Green Was My Valley (Penguin Modern Classics) total:1390|5:602|4:453|3:247|2:63|1:25| 1390 5714 1885 235 5 7 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Sep 10 08:15:17 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 19 23:01:22 -0800 2008
This is easily my most favorite and special book. It's something so beautiful that my heart aches to dwell on it. It aches because I long to be apart of something so perfect and wish for such beauty in everything I experi...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Mar 28 16:24:35 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 23 13:52:58 -0700 2009 5 or 6
The coming-of-ag...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Apr 22 07:21:52 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 07:45:20 -0700 2008 How Green Was My Valley is a powerful coming-of-age tale set in a small coal-mining village in south Wales. It follows the story of Huw Morgan and his large, sometimes chaotic, but always loving family as they struggle to earn a living and lead a decent life.

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On the one hand I recognize that it is beautifully written. Possibly the most beautifully written prose I've ever read. But beautiful prose isn't really that exciting to me. It kept putting me to sleep and it was taking FOREVER t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 14:27:50 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 12:04:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:39:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 07:52:20 -0700 2009 Some one once said, after seeing the beauty of Alaska, that he wished he had seen it as an old man, for ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 08:55:38 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 07:59:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 16 20:31:39 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 20:45:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 09:31:29 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:14:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 15 13:15:31 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 16:39:40 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon May 11 08:18:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:35:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 14:26:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:33:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 20:52:44 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 12:17:55 -0800 2008
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There's some very dark moments, too. And now I have reached the end, I must say I really liked it.
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