How I Spent My Summer Holidays
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When How I Spent My Summer Holidays was first published in 1981 a Western reviewer wrote: "If Who Has Seen the Wind told the story of a young boy's coming to terms with death, How I Spent My Summer Holidays tells of a young man's attempt to come to terms with his own sexuality and that of the world around him." The twelve-year-old young man is Hugh, and in small-town Saskatchewan it is the hot summer of 1924. When Hugh and his friends dig a secret cave out on the Prairie, they soon find it occupied by an escaped patient from the mental hospital. Defying the adult world, the boys become involved with a former war hero and current rum-runner, King Motherwell, in sheltering and feeding the runaway. When passions aroused by sex explode into murder, Hugh leaves his boyhood behind him for ever.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0771061102
ISBN13:9780771061103
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:McClelland & Stewart
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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2 ratings
An engaging prairie novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Read aloud by Canadian author and CBC Radio personality W.O. Mitchell, How I Spent My Summer Holidays is an abridged coming-of-age audiobook with grim and serious overtones. When twelve-year-old Hugh spends his summer in a small prairie town, he and his friends discover a secret cave housing an escaped "mental hospital" patient. They form a connection with the hidden rum-runner and former war hero; yet when events take a murderous turn, Hugh must leave his childhood behind forever. An engaging prairie novel, perfectly captured just as it was originally broadcast on CBC Radio, and highly recommended. 3 hours, 3 CDs.
A casual read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A book about a young boys transition to adolecence. Deals with all of the normal questions that arise as one goes through pubity. Wonderfully written with great description of the characters and there setting which revloves around the the summer holidays. An easy read for anyone a pre-teen and older.
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