CORKY, PEGGY AND THE GOLDFINCHAuthor House, 27 de jul. 2004 - 492 pàgines Is there an experience as profound, as indefinable, as cherished, as savoured as fresh love, that sweet love in youth? As if on cue, we are wrenched away from the frivolities of childhood and launched into a new awakening of soul and self. The mere touch of a gentle hand, the soft gaze of dewy bright eyes, the gait, the strength of voice, the flick of a lock of hair stirs within us urgent passions and yearnings that Nature had set aside for us, latent and dormant.
But what recollection of youth can be held more dear than that first kiss of a first love? It is the treasure of our memorabilia. This is, for the most part, a love story that had its stirrings in a most unusual place in Canada, and which began with Warren’s first kiss from his first love. This is a story for all those who have known love, real love! This is also a story of “memories,” safeguarded and cherished. But then, there is much more ... |
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Corkys first kiss Corky Peggy play Limit game | 30 |
Corky starts diaryGeco 1946 | 41 |
Peggy and her parents leave for long vacation | 42 |
Brave pigs march to destiny | 46 |
Don Valleys ShangriLa | 65 |
Corky wrestles with some of lifes conundrums | 211 |
Corky seeks answers when Salvation Army visits Geco | 215 |
Miss Birks opinions on religion astronomy and memories | 225 |
Peg O My Heart | 242 |
Gecos vast dance hall provides perfect setting for budding romances | 247 |
Fisticuffs between Marlene and Peggy Initial plan afoot for tunnel explorations | 253 |
Gruesome blood brother ritual Corky greases allimportant door bolt | 260 |
Intrepid explores trapped | 267 |
Chocolate overdose Captain MarvelShazam | 67 |
Peggy returns from vacation Corky receives two gifts | 79 |
Nervous Corky meets Peggys parents | 91 |
Jacks first and second posthumous war letters | 97 |
Corky questions his patriotism Perhaps hes a coward | 106 |
Jacks third letter Horrific bombing of Cassino | 109 |
Jacks fourth letter Dubious victories and losses tallied | 118 |
Jacks fifth letter Unresolved entelechies Utter carnage | 125 |
Corkys worst ever Cassino nightmare | 137 |
Interlude Corky reflects on the Deity | 143 |
B A B Doc the Knobby and first day at Gecos new school | 147 |
Corkys new friend Wilf Matheson | 153 |
Winter diversions Corky Peggy Neeney Marlene Wilf | 158 |
Battle of the sexes Wilf vs Peggy | 166 |
Details of stunning painting from Cassinos catacombs | 177 |
Jacks final letters Corky offers tender solace to grieving Peggy | 181 |
Geco Memories 1947 | 192 |
Corky makes appointment with Miss Birk | 196 |
Miss Birks Wisdom | 200 |
Virginities lost in passionate lovemaking | 294 |
Rescued by whistle Fellowship among the group | 313 |
Brutal slugs | 325 |
Entertainment in a close knit community | 343 |
Chicken thieves narrowly escape jail | 348 |
Spun yarns on stormy nights in the old fort | 362 |
Typical Geco life in 1948 | 367 |
Scarborough Junction Gang invades A brewing storm | 380 |
Terrifying face off | 387 |
Gecos at War Chaos pandemonium Pots and pans | 396 |
Post Battle Scars On The Mend | 425 |
Peggys bad news Marriage vows taken under stars at ball diamond | 427 |
Peggys final departure emotionally distressing | 445 |
Corkys spirit lifted with arrival of Peggys first letter | 452 |
Mrs Wilkins letter brings worst possible news for Corky | 456 |
Corky grieves is disillusioned Geco community permanently closes | 460 |
Epilogue The adult Corky profiles his memories Entelechy achieved | 464 |