The Big House
A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
Reeks: An Award-Winning Memoir
George Howe Colt
- 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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