The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Ebook Name: The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
ISBN-13: 9780743249645
ISBN-10: 074324964X
Addition ISBN: 1439124914, 9781439124918, 9780743249645, 074324964X
Author(s): George Howe Colt, Publisher: Scribner

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.