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3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
wonderful 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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