July's Reading group: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee

Commenter Tinsley Collins recently wrote that this book absolutely must be read for its joyful comedy and 'landmine of language'. She's right so let's do it this month

Last week marked the centenary of Laurie Lee's birth. That's reason enough for revisiting Cider With Rosie. Heck, waking up in the morning is motivation enough for re-opening this wonderful book. But the thing that most persuaded us at Guardian HQ to discuss Laurie Lee this month on the Reading group was actually a reader comment on our Tips, Links and Suggestions blog. I'll paste it in full here, so you can see why. Tinsley Collins wrote:

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