{"product_id":"family-album-penelope-lively-paperback-2","title":"Family Album -- Penelope Lively, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In this haunting new novel, the act of forgetting is as strange and interesting as the power of remembering.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enjoyable read filled with memorable characters and secrets from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra, difficult Gina, destructive Paul, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut was it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow adults, the children return to Allersmead one by one. To their home-making mother and aloof writer father, and a house that for years has played silent witness to a family's secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd one devastating secret of which no one speaks . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Penelope Lively\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.34w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143117872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/b\u003e 18-UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2010 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Egypt but settled in England after the war and took a degree in history at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a member of PEN and the Society of Authors. She was married to the late Professor Jack Lively, has a daughter, a son, and four grandchildren, and lives in Oxfordshire and London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/i\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003ePassing On\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, \u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has also written radio and television scripts and has acted as presenter for a BBC Radio 4 program on children's literature. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.","brand":"Penelope Lively","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46450152112356,"sku":"9780143117872","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780143117872.jpg?v=1751349459","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/family-album-penelope-lively-paperback-2","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}