The Smiling Hill-Top, and other California sketches
- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 59
About this book
A move from New England to Southern California gives Julia M. Sloane material for these informal sketches of family life, gardens and the coast. Two parents, two boys and two dogs arrive seeking rest and health, then find themselves putting down roots. Their hilltop bungalow overlooks the Pacific, but its lovely terrace and flowering courtyard share the page with practical troubles, including a car and a telegraph pole that spoils the view.
Sloane turns household arrangements and small frustrations into humorous episodes, while recording the pleasure of orange blossoms, sea air and rapidly growing plants. In the middle excerpt, she returns to the house for a week of solitude and preparations for tenants, finding a troublesome ring of keys and a garden transformed by growth.
About the author
More from this genre
See all- A Around the World in Seven MonthsAround the World in Seven Months
- S Speaking of the TurksSpeaking of the Turks
- G Gardens of the Caribbees, V. 1/2Gardens of the Caribbees, V. 1/2
- F From Sketch-book and DiaryFrom Sketch-book and Diary
- R A Resident's wife in NigeriaA Resident's wife in Nigeria
- N A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy PrinceA Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince
Books like this one
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- EPUB 741 KB
-
KINDLE Send to Kindle Send
- Download the EPUB file to this device.
- Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)
On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.
You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.
- PDF 1.0 MB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- Julia M. Sloane
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 59
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Travel Memoir
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online