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Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
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Title: Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
Author: George Howe Colt
ISBN: 9780743249645
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: A National Book Award Finalist A New York Times Notable Book Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer home on Cape Cod, where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning multigenerational family memoir. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with a lifetime of childhood memories and family history. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer's ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing New England way of life.
Author: George Howe Colt
ISBN: 9780743249645
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: A National Book Award Finalist A New York Times Notable Book Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer home on Cape Cod, where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning multigenerational family memoir. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with a lifetime of childhood memories and family history. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer's ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing New England way of life.
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