When All the World Was Young
A Memoir
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | Barbara Holland | ISBN: | 9781596918078 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | December 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury USA | Language: | English |
| Author: | Barbara Holland |
| ISBN: | 9781596918078 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | December 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Language: | English |
Acclaimed writer Barbara Holland, whom the Philadelphia Inquirer has called "a national treasure," finally tells her own story with this atmospheric account of a postwar American childhood. When All the World Was Young is Holland's account of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and '50s, and is a deliciously subversive, sensitive journey into her past.
Mixing tales of an autocratic stepfather, a brilliant, reclusive mother, and a houseful of siblings with jump-rope rhymes and dangerous sled runs, teachers both wise and weird, and a child's-eye view of war, Holland gives readers a unique and sharp-eyed look at history and the world of childhood as it used to be.
Acclaimed writer Barbara Holland, whom the Philadelphia Inquirer has called "a national treasure," finally tells her own story with this atmospheric account of a postwar American childhood. When All the World Was Young is Holland's account of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and '50s, and is a deliciously subversive, sensitive journey into her past.
Mixing tales of an autocratic stepfather, a brilliant, reclusive mother, and a houseful of siblings with jump-rope rhymes and dangerous sled runs, teachers both wise and weird, and a child's-eye view of war, Holland gives readers a unique and sharp-eyed look at history and the world of childhood as it used to be.
