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A House Unlocked
Penelope Lively
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Description for A House Unlocked
Paperback. The only child of divorced parents, the author was often sent to stay at her grandparents' country house Golsoncott. Years later, she began to piece together the lives of those she knew fifty years before. In this title, she delves into the domestic past of her former home, and the contrasts between life today and the way they lived then. Illustrator(s): Brockway, Harry. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJ; BG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
A House Unlocked is Booker Prize winning author 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 of doing the flowers for church. The smell of the ... Read more
A House Unlocked is Booker Prize winning author 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 of doing the flowers for church. The smell of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
172g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141001647
SKU
V9780141001647
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About 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.
Reviews for A House Unlocked
An ingenious memoir. The enchantment lies in its personal narrative: the portrait of a family and its progress through the twentieth century
Literary Review
Engaging, curious, compelling, remarkable ... Any time spent with Penelope Lively is a joy
Observer
Remarkable, richly enjoyable ... a captivating memoir
Helen Dunmore
The Times
Wonderful. Lively is ... Read more
Literary Review
Engaging, curious, compelling, remarkable ... Any time spent with Penelope Lively is a joy
Observer
Remarkable, richly enjoyable ... a captivating memoir
Helen Dunmore
The Times
Wonderful. Lively is ... Read more