![]() The stories follow her development from the age of nine to the age of 16 and are inspired by memorable times. The three books and the new story included in this trilogy are a collection of reminiscences based on the author’s childhood. I knew perfectly well I had taken shortcuts across her green-carpet lawn and flying leaps over her flowerbeds during the summer, but I vowed then and there never to do it again.īooky: A Trilogy is a coming of age story set in Ontario during the Depression. Well now, I don’t recall you doing any mischief around my property this past summer, so you may put your mask back on and help yourself.” “For a minute there I thought you were Arthur. ![]() Cook, towering over me, her flabby arms folded over her big bosom. This yearly ritual scared the daylights out of me because I always had a darned old guilty conscience! Everyone was marched into her brightly lit kitchen and ordered to unmask. But there was a catch to it: you had to pass a test. Cook was known far and wide as the best shell-outer in Birchcliff. I didn’t want anything to spoil Hallowe’en. “All right for you, Audrey!” I cried threateningly. ![]() “Oh, Bea!” Audrey screwed her nose up scornfully. ![]() “Do you like mine?” I touched the peak of my cap like a gentleman. “Do you like my costume, Bea?” asked Audrey, twirling around so her bride’s veil and long sausage curls floated out behind her on the autumn breeze. ![]()
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