An edition of When all the world was young
(2005)
When all the world was young
a memoir
1st U.S. ed.
by Barbara Holland
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In a memoir of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and 1950s, the author of "Gentleman's Blood" and "Hail to the Chiefs" gives a sharp-eyed look at history, as well as insights into her own life.
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When all the world was young: a memoir
2005, Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
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In which the chairs & domestic habits of fathers are explored, & Nick is born
In which mothers & their duties are considered & contrasted with the peculiarities of my own
My education begins inauspiciously, & we travel to Florida
School & I struggle with each other, plus hard times with the Old Testament
In which the behavior of fathers is further elucidated, & a sister joins us
Of war & other merry pastimes
In which Mother contributes to the war effort
The mountain : a pastoral digression
The long dark night of junior high school
From which I am rescued in the nick of time
Mother returns to duty, plus considerations of sex & babies
Mother finds a way & Grandmother rebuffs Senator McCarthy
An embarrassing episode in which Gloria & I set forth on our travels & come back again
Being a treatise on the origins & uses of aunts
Continuing education
Everyone leaves, everything changes
I fail to make sense of normal life & fall into confusion
My travels on the bottom of the lake
In which I am saved again & live happily ever after
That's all?
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