They've gone now, and I'm alone at last. I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won't waste a single moment of it... I want tonight to be long, as long as my life...
As young Thomas Peaceful looks back over his childhood from the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside. But the clock is ticking, and every moment Tommo spends remembering how things used to be, means another moment closer to something which will change his life forever. 文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/693.html
生活在英国小镇的小托，跟妈妈、两个哥哥，还有心生好感的姑娘莫莉，一起过着宁静、明亮、芬芳的生活。生活中也有悲伤、愁苦、失落，和看似解决不了的困境，每每这时，他们就唱起一首名叫《柑橘与柠檬啊》的歌。在歌声中，敏感、柔弱的小托慢慢长大。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/693.html
战争的轰然来临，改变了所有人的生活。小托本能地逃避战争的行为，却被别人以及他自己认为是懦弱的。为了逃避这种羞耻，为了逃避爱情的挫败，小托谎报了年龄，和查理一起应征入伍。在战火中，小托对世界和自己有了更新的认识，他渐渐褪去了柔弱和怯懦，懂得坚强、担当和关怀，内心越来越强大。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/693.html
这部小说结构精巧，由时间和回忆组成，时钟嘀嗒，十点五分、十点四十分、接近十一点一刻……时间一分一秒流逝，小托在怀表旁守候着，等待着天明，等待着结局。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/693.html
第二天，清晨差一分六点，读者终于随着小托的回忆，走回现实的当下，揭开故事的最终秘密……一夕回忆，水样春愁的童年陡然步入悲怆不休的少年。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/693.html
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