The Rolling Years [Hardcover]

Agnes Sligh Turnbull (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co (March 1953)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0026207303
• ISBN-13: 978-0026207300
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,921,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, to be treasured and reread often, August 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Rolling Years (Hardcover)

This was my mother's favorite book when she was a teenager; she couldn't wait to have children and share the book with them. My sister and I have read this book three or more times apiece, it is that good, that heartfelt. It is timeless in its story of families, family ties, families coping with adversity. What a wonderful book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 3rd generation reader loves this story, January 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The rolling years (Hardcover)

This is my grandmother's favorite book. She wanted to share it with me, but since she loves this book so and can't part with her copy, she found me a paperback copy at a rummage sale. I admit, I looked at the cover and thought, "well, I'll read it if I have some extra time on my hands." Over New Years, I was quite bored and so I picked the book up. I couldn't put it down! Ms. Turnbull's writing, though the book was written in the 1920's, was captivating. The story of Jeannie could give any current historical fiction writer a run for their money. Absoulutely fascinating and endearing. I will be holding on to my copy for sure!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My most treasured book, January 6, 2002

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Irene Miller Coen (The Villages, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rolling Years (Hardcover)

I first read this book in the 1950's, as a young girl in Western Pennsylvania, and I have read it over again many times since. As I write this, my husband is reading the final pages...and he loves it just as much as I always have. Ms Turnbull's ability to eloquently and palpably convey the sense of place and time just leaves the reader breathless as he or she is transported there.

Further, the author has an intelligent objectivity about the issues addressed, making no value judgments of her own and not leaving the reader with the sense that the author is leading to any ineluctable conclusion.

This is a wonderful story! Read it! (If you can't locate a copy, try the Westmoreland County Historical Society in Greensburg, PA. That's where I purchased the two copies I have.)