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A review by belle0819
English Creek by Ivan Doig
5.0
A 5 and here’s why. I love a teenage boy narrator when it’s done so right as this. Jick is as honest and forthright as a kid that age can be and more importantly highly observant. Not every teen boy is but I know a few personally who are. If you take the time to listen to them when you stumble on them you will never quite think the same again.
This book is that. He tells the story of the summer when his whole family takes a bend. It is 1930s Montana and his father is a forest ranger.
There is plenty of forest life description and more haymaking than maybe I needed but that’s just the point I make above. When you stumble on one of those teenage boys that is a keen observer you are going to have to ferret out the observations in and amongst a lot of words about haymaking.
Be patient and this story will not disappoint.
This book is that. He tells the story of the summer when his whole family takes a bend. It is 1930s Montana and his father is a forest ranger.
There is plenty of forest life description and more haymaking than maybe I needed but that’s just the point I make above. When you stumble on one of those teenage boys that is a keen observer you are going to have to ferret out the observations in and amongst a lot of words about haymaking.
Be patient and this story will not disappoint.