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Title: Lifting the Latch: A Life on the Land: Based on the Life of Mont Abbott of Enstone, Oxfordshire by Sheila Stewart, Columba Stewart ISBN: 0192122541 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 1992 Format: Textbook Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5

Rating: 5
Summary: Lifting The Latch - A forgotten world
Comment: I found this a moving account of the life of a man who probably appeared quite unremarkable to his friends and neighbours. His expression, which I have heard elsewhere in Oxfordshire, "Us'll get over it" showed that he was well capable of rising above the personal tragedy and hardship that we would have difficulty in coming to terms with today, without "counselling" or "tranquilisers".

I too never had the chance to meet "Old Mont" but I would have felt privileged to do so. Usually when driving through "our Enstone" as I do several times a year between home in South Wales and my family in St. Albans I stop to "Lift The Latch" in the Crown and pay my respects at his grave which always seems to be adorned with little bunches of wild flowers. This book should NEVER be out of print

Rating: 5
Summary: Experience the joys and sorrows of life in rural England
Comment: This is one of the most moving books I have ever read! It is the life story of a man whose memory will remain with you, long after you have closed the covers, and is based on transcripts of the author's conversations with him over two years. Mont Abbott was born in obscurity, and lived a humble, hardworking life on the land. But his life story is made poignant by tragedy, and enriched by a wonderful memory, and zest for life. He died only in the 1980's, and I feel we are all the poorer for not having met this wonderful character in the flesh, but now we can all do so through this beautifully crafted book.