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Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.
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The Big House, George Howe Colt
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- The Big House
- Subtitle
- A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
- Language
- English
- Authors
- George Howe Colt
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 074324964X
- ISBN13
- 9780743249645
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Biographies, References & Manuals, Architecture, Family, Autobiographies & Memoirs, USA, 20th century, American Literature, Biographies, Sociology, Memories, Life, Past, Mysterious, Mysteries, American History, Home & Decor, Childhood, Criticism, Home, Social History, Customs and Traditions, Generations, Generational Differences, Theory of Architecture, Ancestors
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- Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt’s final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer’s ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.