The best of Clarence Day, including God and my father, Life with father, Life with mother, This simian world, and select (original 1948; edition 1948)

by Clarence Day

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Member:	wenestvedt
Title:	The best of Clarence Day, including God and my father, Life with father, Life with mother, This simian world, and select
Authors:	Clarence Day
Info:	New York, A. A. Knopf, 1948.
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The Best of Clarence Day by Clarence Day (1948)

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I love Clarence Day’s books and have since I was a teen. Fascinating and loving if bemused portrayal of life in a wealthy NYC family. (

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FamiliesUnitedLL | Mar 13, 2023 |

Includes: God and my father -- Life with Father -- Life with Mother -- This Simian World -- Thoughts without words (selections) (

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ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 |

One of the best writers of gentle humor, ever. (

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BasilBlue | Dec 27, 2008 |

I bought Life with Father, and Life with Mother from the paperback book clubs at school when I was a kid (the 50s-60s). I loved them and read them to death, and was so pleased to find this volume that included them both. The writing is funny, warm, and evocative of quite another era. (

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MerryMary | Oct 30, 2007 |

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God and My Father by Clarence Day

Life with Father by Clarence Day

Life with Mother by Clarence Day

This Simian World by Clarence Day

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The Best of Clarence Day

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1948

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In my boyhood, I never had a doubt that the beliefs they taught me were true.

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This collection contains God and My Father, Life with Father, Life with Mother, This Simian World, and selected stories. Please do not combine with works containing a differing selection of material.

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