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Orange Juice and Cod Liver Oil (Hardcover)
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Orange Juice and Cod Liver Oil (Hardcover)
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In my childhood the sun always shone, my mum was always tender and
transported me in a seat on the back of a bicycle. She knitted me
clothes and a bathing suit, took me to the beach, and gave me the
childhood she had never had. Dad was solid and reliable. He took me
fishing and, later, bought me a rabbiting dog. He had an expression
that he repeated periodically in reflective moments, "If you are
going to be poor, be poor in a nice place." Orange Juice & Cod
Liver Oil This is the story in three parts of an ordinary but
resourceful family, told against a backdrop of the social and
political events of the 20th century. Orange Juice and Cod Liver
Oil recalls the wars and turmoil of the first half of the century
and chronicles the lives of a returning Tommy and his family
surviving on temporary jobs and living in makeshift accommodation,
including a mobile morgue. You will share Peter Morley's poor, but
idyllic childhood in the New Forest, and see how early lessons on
the social order were drawn from teenage years passed as poacher,
apprentice, motorcyclist and rower. Nourished by the Welfare State,
the author eventually obtained enough education to have a
successful career in an international company, with travel that
provided opportunities to observe social conditions and attitudes
of people around the globe. This delightful book will make you
laugh and cry as it takes you through a century that saw more
change and social evolution than any previous time. Orange Juice
and Cod Liver Oil will appeal not only to those who remember the
"Baby Boomer" years, but to business travellers and the current
"digital" generation who have no experience of life without
"technology" and entertainment on a plate.
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