A Place in Normandy
by Nicholas Kilmer
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The author recounts his struggle to remodel his family's farmhouse in Normandy.Tags
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I wanted to like this book more than I did. Parts of the books made me feel like I was walking the lanes of the French towns, but some of the book was a bit dry and boring. I enjoyed the photos of the house and the neighboring places and the art. I guess I just don't have much to say about this book which means I was somewhat disappointed.
Nice book about travel and family and home repair and art.
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15+ Works 379 Members
He was born (1941) in Virginia, lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts & Normandy, France. A Teacher for many years & finally Dean of the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he now makes his living as a painter & artist. He married Julia Norris & with her has four children. (Bowker Author Biography)
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Normandy, France
- Epigraph
- "[The last time I saw the Friesekes thay had moved to Normandy. There my wife and I lunched with them in their] damp, moldy, and wholly colorful farmhouse, still reminiscent of an era of tranquility." - Homer Saint-Gaudens,... (show all) The American Artist and His Times
- Dedication
- For my mother, Frances Frieseke Kilmer. For Kenton Kilmer, my father, and Sarah O'Bryan Frieseke, my grandmother, both of dear and blessed memory.
- First words
- We're asking for trouble, aren't we?
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And as long as you're packing the curtains from the dining room, bring those big lined ones from your mother's bedrrom upstairs, the pink ones' they're impossible, but I might as well see what I can do-while we're thinking over this idea of yours..."
Classifications
- Genres
- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 944.22 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco Normandy; Picardy Calvados
- LCC
- DC801 .P8363 .P53 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Local history and description Other cities, towns, etc., A-Z
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.40)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 4
