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SarahC
Jul 22, 2007 rated it liked it
Published in the 1950’s, Greengage Summer tells the story of a family of children who leave their typical life for a summer and experience an unfamiliar adult world without traditional adult guidance. Godden’s young characters reveal that these are children who have already been moving toward mature perspectives in life, perhaps that their parents and regular guardians do not realize. The children remain realistically children and their display of understanding of events around them is convincin ...more
Windy
Jul 30, 2022 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Charming, coming of age story, based on author's own life. It reminded me a lot of the Durrells, not least the narrator's descriptions of her siblings. Dropped a few points because I found it a bit clunky to read. ...more
Sharon
Jan 29, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Beautiful little book.
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Jul 12, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2015-read, summer, france
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Nov 19, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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