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It's a delicate business to present a character who speaks in dialect, and Terry Bregy does a craggy and credible job as Robert's stern but loving Vermont Shaker father. Robert himself is presented with two separate voices. The first speaker is the man reliving the time during which he came to understand the joy and sorrow of life; the second is the boy who is the only surviving son of a dying father. Bregy is able to convey a sense of age and experience as well as a sense of innocence. His reading draws the listener into the continuing debate about traditional values. This is very good recording of a powerful book. L.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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“Reading this book is like sipping hot cider in front of a crackling potbellied stove. Every page is suffused with wit and charm and glowing with warmth.”–Newsweek
“A lovely book. . . . Honest, moving, homely in the warm and simple sense of the word. . . . It is small, accepting and loving and it succeeds perfectly.”–Boston Globe
“You’ll find yourself caught up in the novel’s emotion from the very opening scene. . . . Love suffuses every page.”–The New York Times

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First Sentence:
I should of been in school that April day. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corn cratch, chore time Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Carrie, Aunt Matty, Ben Tanner, Miss Malcolm, Jacob Henry, Robert Rogers, Book of Shaker, Ethan Allen, Haven Peck, Ira Long, Rutland Fair, Miss Sarah, Widow Bascom, Abner Doubleday, Sebring Hillman, Shaker Law, Bess Tanner, Brother Tanner, Edward Thatcher, Robert Peck,