When How I Spent My Summer Holidays was first published in 1981, one reviewer wrote: “If Who Has Seen the Wind told the story of a young boy’s coming to terms with death, How I Spent My Summer Holidays tells of a young man’s attempt to come to terms with his own sexuality and that of the world around him.” The twelve-year-old young man is Hugh, and in small-town Saskatchewan it is the hot summer of 1924. When Hugh and his friends dig a secret cave out on the Prairie, they find it occupied by a patient who has escaped from the mental hospital. Defying the adult world, the boys become involved with a former war hero and current rum-runner in sheltering and feeding the runaway. But when passions explode into murder, Hugh leaves his boyhood behind him forever.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Buy $50 in qualifying physical textbooks, get $5 in Amazon MP3 Credit. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Moving, vivid and exciting…a beautiful, rich and utterly fascinating novel.”
–Windsor Star
“Bawdy and raunchy…an uncannily accurate feel for the emotional viewpoint of a 12-year old boy.”
–The Globe and Mail
“Astonishing.…Mitchell turns the pastoral myth of prairie boyhood inside out.”
–Toronto Star --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
–Windsor Star
“Bawdy and raunchy…an uncannily accurate feel for the emotional viewpoint of a 12-year old boy.”
–The Globe and Mail
“Astonishing.…Mitchell turns the pastoral myth of prairie boyhood inside out.”
–Toronto Star --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Inside Flap
When How I Spent My Summer Holidays was first published in 1981 a Western reviewer wrote: "If Who Has Seen the Wind told the story of a young boy's coming to terms with death, How I Spent My Summer Holidays tells of a young man's attempt to come to terms with his own sexuality and that of the world around him."
The twelve-year-old young man is Hugh, and in small-town Saskatchewan it is the hot summer of 1924. When Hugh and his friends dig a secret cave out on the Prairie, they soon find it occupied by an escaped patient from the mental hospital. Defying the adult world, the boys become involved with a former war hero and current rum-runner, King Motherwell, in sheltering and feeding the runaway. When passions aroused by sex explode into murder, Hugh leaves his boyhood behind him for ever. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The twelve-year-old young man is Hugh, and in small-town Saskatchewan it is the hot summer of 1924. When Hugh and his friends dig a secret cave out on the Prairie, they soon find it occupied by an escaped patient from the mental hospital. Defying the adult world, the boys become involved with a former war hero and current rum-runner, King Motherwell, in sheltering and feeding the runaway. When passions aroused by sex explode into murder, Hugh leaves his boyhood behind him for ever. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
An engaging prairie novel,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How I Spent My Summer Holidays (Audio CD)
Read aloud by Canadian author and CBC Radio personality W.O. Mitchell, How I Spent My Summer Holidays is an abridged coming-of-age audiobook with grim and serious overtones. When twelve-year-old Hugh spends his summer in a small prairie town, he and his friends discover a secret cave housing an escaped "mental hospital" patient. They form a connection with the hidden rum-runner and former war hero; yet when events take a murderous turn, Hugh must leave his childhood behind forever. An engaging prairie novel, perfectly captured just as it was originally broadcast on CBC Radio, and highly recommended. 3 hours, 3 CDs.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A casual read,
By A Customer
This review is from: How I spent my summer holidays: A novel (Hardcover)
A book about a young boys transition to adolecence. Deals with all of the normal questions that arise as one goes through pubity. Wonderfully written with great description of the characters and there setting which revloves around the the summer holidays. An easy read for anyone a pre-teen and older.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
