Set in 1972, A Fortnight in August is a simple account that follows a large family of limited resources as - through humor and togetherness - they deal with loss, logistics, anticipation, and bad weather during a summer holiday in a small seaside cottage in Cornwall, England.
All the things that a family of ten would need for two weeks at the seaside..
Then runner beans, protruding sticks of rhubarb, cucumbers, heads of lettuce and potatoes picked from the garden.
Weetabix, Ready Brek and Farley\'s Rusks.
Bulky but lightweight boxes of Kellogg\'s Rice Krispies and Cornflakes.
A stack of half a dozen carton wheels of Dairylea soft cheese triangles.
A huge block of cheddar cheese.
Boxes of Tunnock\'s tea cakes.
Several packs of Penguin chocolate biscuits.
A McVitie\'s Jamaica ginger cake, a Battenberg cake, a couple of boxed trays of Mr Kipling\'s cherry and almond bakewell tarts.
Two rectangular packs of Jacob\'s cream crackers.
Columns of Rich Tea and Digestive biscuits.
A two-pound bag of Tate and Lyle white sugar.
Jars of Cadbury\'s drinking chocolate and Horlicks.
A jumbo box of Tetley tea bags.
Three bottles of Robinson\'s undiluted orange squash, two bottles of Ribena.
Packets of crumpets.
Loaves of Mother\'s Pride sliced white bread.
Packs of Jell-O.
Sachets of Angel Delight.
Shallow jars of Shippams salmon fish paste.
There are jars of Marmite, lemon curd and Robinson\'s marmalade.
Ambrosia rice pudding and mixed fruits in syrup.
Two bottles of Heinz salad cream.
Tins of Heinz baked beans, tomato soup and spaghetti hoops.
There are multiple cans of Spam, sardines, pilchards, tuna fish, salmon and Fray Bentos corned beef.
And then there is the food: wooden crates and plastic carrier bags filled with bottles of milk, cartons of eggs and bags of flour.
Everything is lined up and ready in the hallway: a pile of suitcases and holdalls stuffed full of summer clothes, hats, sandals, towels and toiletries, a plastic football, a cricket bat, stumps and bails, tennis balls, badminton racquets and a couple of shuttlecocks, Julie\'s hula hoop, a pile of library books and assorted comics and magazines.
Set in 1972, A Fortnight in August is a simple account that follows a large family of limited resources as - through humor and togetherness - they deal with loss, logistics, anticipation, and bad weather during a summer holiday in a small seaside cottage in Cornwall, England
