Barefoot at the Lake

A Boyhood SUmmer in Cottage Country

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Barefoot at the Lake by Bruce Fogle, Greystone Books Ltd.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bruce Fogle ISBN: 9781771641562
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd. Publication: May 9, 2015
Imprint: Greystone Books Language: English
Author: Bruce Fogle
ISBN: 9781771641562
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd.
Publication: May 9, 2015
Imprint: Greystone Books
Language: English

"Bruce Fogle's sweet, beautifully-written memoir, Barefoot at the Lake, precisely catches the fleeting magic of both adolescence and Canadian summer. Reading it is like peering into a snapshot, taken long ago at a beloved cottage." —David Macfarlane, author of Summer Gone

An idyllic summer at the cottage in the 1950s, as revealed through the eyes of a boy on the cusp of adolescence: a first crush, the joy of nature, and the struggle to understand grown-ups.

To ten-year-old Bruce, the summer of 1954 seemed, at first, like any other in cottage country: floating in the rowboat, eating peach pie, watching the seagulls, frogs, and herons, and catching crayfish. But just when he thinks that life is perfect, everything starts to change, and over the summer both the harshness of the adult world and the patterns of the natural world reveal themselves. By the time the weather turns he will be a different child and will have chosen his own path to understanding the wilderness that waits behind the family cottage.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Bruce Fogle's sweet, beautifully-written memoir, Barefoot at the Lake, precisely catches the fleeting magic of both adolescence and Canadian summer. Reading it is like peering into a snapshot, taken long ago at a beloved cottage." —David Macfarlane, author of Summer Gone

An idyllic summer at the cottage in the 1950s, as revealed through the eyes of a boy on the cusp of adolescence: a first crush, the joy of nature, and the struggle to understand grown-ups.

To ten-year-old Bruce, the summer of 1954 seemed, at first, like any other in cottage country: floating in the rowboat, eating peach pie, watching the seagulls, frogs, and herons, and catching crayfish. But just when he thinks that life is perfect, everything starts to change, and over the summer both the harshness of the adult world and the patterns of the natural world reveal themselves. By the time the weather turns he will be a different child and will have chosen his own path to understanding the wilderness that waits behind the family cottage.

More books from Greystone Books Ltd.

Cover of the book Elizabeth Taylor by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book The Atlantic Coast by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Paddlenorth by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book More than Honey by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book A Test of Will by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book 109 Walks in British Columbia's Lower Mainland by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Tree by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book The End of Pain by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Fishing the River of Time by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Doctor is In(sane), The by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Walk Like a Man by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book British Columbia by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Little Ship of Fools by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Ten Technologies to Save the Planet by Bruce Fogle
Cover of the book Hockey Confidence by Bruce Fogle
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy