recollection

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“A Child’s Christmas in Wales” aptly reflects the way that holiday images randomly flare up and recede within the bright hearth of recollection, memories made mutable by the passage of time.

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Yet Edward’s recollection is vague and doesn’t jibe with the observations of his doctor and the local constable.

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It’s a personal book, thick with narrative and recollection and, unsurprisingly, a pleasure to cook from.

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Old Filth himself is a retired judge looking back on life, with recollections of the British Empire in better days.

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Nearly all she has now is those fond recollections.

From Los Angeles Times