Summary
Beautifully repackaged reissue of Penelope Lively’s classic memoir
The only child of divorced parents, Penelope Lively was often sent to stay at her grandparents’ country house, Golsoncott. Years later, as the house was sold out of the family, she began to piece together the lives of those she knew fifty years before.
In a needlework sampler, she sees her grandmother and the wartime children that she sheltered under her roof in 1940. Potted meat jars remind her of the ritual o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141001647 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014100164X |
| Author: | Penelope Lively |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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Wonderful. Lively is brilliant and original … Every page of this book captures your attention
Wonderful. Lively is brilliant and original … Every page of this book captures your attention * Daily Mail *Remarkable, richly enjoyable … a captivating memoir – Helen Dunmore * The Times *Engaging, curious, compelling, remarkable … Any time spent with Penelope Lively is a joy * Observer *An ingenious memoir. The enchantment lies in its personal narrative: the portrait of a family and its progress through the twentieth century * Literary Review *
About The Author
Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively has written many prize-winning novels for adults and children. They include- The Road To Lichfield, According To Mark, Moon Tiger (which won the 1987 Booker Prize), Heat Wave, Spiderweb, The Photograph, Making It Up, Consequences and Family Album. Penelope Lively lives in London.
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