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Strawberry Lane: A Mystical Memoir of Boyhood in Rural South Texas
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Strawberry Lane: A Mystical Memoir of Boyhood in Rural South Texas

In a unique style that combines poetic prose, pathos, and humor, this entrancing mosaic of childhood memories lyrically details the songs and sorrows, the triumphs and travails, of a boy and his identical twin brother living through the 30s and 40s on a rural homestead in South Texas. With the constant support of their loving mother, the boys struggle amid primitive living conditions to meet farm-related responsibilities and educational objectives imposed upon them by their caring but stern, disciplinarian father. The author recounts his dearest and most anguished memories as a series of events, experiences, and observations that tell the story of his life from birth to leaving home at the age of nineteen. Vicariously return to your own delightful childhood years--those long-ago days when life was safe and sacred, slow and serene, and virtually free from drugs, depravity, and demonized crime. Find yourself saying, "Yes! That is exactly what I thought and how I felt when I was a child!"

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Product Details:
Author: Edwin Scroggins
Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: October 02, 2007
ISBN: 141967661X
Package Length: 9.0 inches
Package Width: 6.0 inches
Package Height: 0.74 inches
Package Weight: 1.12 pounds
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5wonderful piece of Americana  Apr 04, 2008
Edwin Scroggins recent book,STRAWBERRY LANE: A MYSTICAL MEMOIR OF BOYHOOD IN RURAL SOUTH
TEXAS is a heart-warming look at an America that no longer exists.The author offers a series of humorous,yet
often poignant glimpses of growing-up in south Texas during the 1930's.Accompanied at all times by his
beloved twin brother,Scroggins navigates the daunting challenges of childhood during the Great
Depression with a likeable mixture of naivete and determination.Although the family totters on the edge
of poverty,the two young brothers delight in a world of simple pleasures that might seem alien to today's
youth:exploring the fields near their home,listening to the radio,and the grand adventure of occasional trips
to their grandparents.Scroggins is especially effective in describing the hardships he and his brother faced
at school where the twins struggle to fit-in with their older classmates.
Being an identical twin myself I particulary enjoyed this book but all readers who wonder what it was like
to grow-up during the Great Depression will value this literary work.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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