As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee #foliosociety Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

this is a book to treasure

wistful nostalgia and robust good sense of humour that characterise its correspondence – and this volume contains yet more pearls of insight

and low-effort and quick concoctions that are an immediate balm

But the monastery doesn't allow the break he needs

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee #foliosociety Jack ReacherAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie. Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for 'Will you please give me a glass of water?', he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin,