A review by ipb1
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe

4.0

[a:Laurie Lee|79787|Laurie Lee|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1325510162p2/79787.jpg] was lying - village life was shit not exactly the idyll of [b:Cider With Rosie|15997406|Cider With Rosie|Laurie Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1486775853l/15997406._SY75_.jpg|1401317]. And for god's sake skip the campanologist chapter - campanologists are even duller than you would imagine. But the memories of the survivors of the Great War through to the later voices of farm-workers, teachers, clergy et al, create a unique and engrossing portrait of village life.