A Song of Sixpence (1964)

by A. J. Cronin

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A coming of age book of a young man coming of age near Glasgow in Scotland. Semi-autobiographical, as Cronin grew up there and was also studying to be a doctor. It is novel where you can travel back in time. (

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Viiden pennin balladi

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A Song of Sixpence

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The story of Laurence Carroll as he grows up from childhood to adult years. His struggles to emerge from the security of feminine protection, sometimes spontaneous and more often forced on him by circumstances, are told with warm humour and with that intense and sympathetic realism for which Cronin is renowned.

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