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Under the Cherry Trees: The Autobiography of a Gloucestershire Lad
250 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1992
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June 27, 2025
The first half covers the author's childhood, and it's my favorite part, containing some pleasantly outrageous anecdotes. In the next section, Cave finds himself a soldier in the British army working as a messenger in North Africa during World War II. Readers interested in the details of the North African invasion should find this a welcome addition to memoirs of that period.
Eventually, Cave is invalided out of the army after he is in a driving accident, and he opens an art gallery upon returning to civilian life in England. The last section deals with the authors' long-delayed romance and marriage to his childhood sweetheart after they had both reached middle age, a circuitous romance in which both lovers had at first married other people, but after death and divorce, found themselves free to find each other again. This last section was handled quite well, and I definitely recommend this book.
Eventually, Cave is invalided out of the army after he is in a driving accident, and he opens an art gallery upon returning to civilian life in England. The last section deals with the authors' long-delayed romance and marriage to his childhood sweetheart after they had both reached middle age, a circuitous romance in which both lovers had at first married other people, but after death and divorce, found themselves free to find each other again. This last section was handled quite well, and I definitely recommend this book.
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