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Family album
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All Alison ever wanted was a blissful childhood for her six children, with summers at the beach and birthday parties on the lawn at their family home. Together with Ingrid, the family au pair, she ha… |
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Making it up
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"Story-telling is an ingrained habit; I wouldn't know what else to do. But the mythology that is intriguing today is that of imagined alternatives. Somehow, choice and contingency have landed you whe… |
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Uninvited ghosts and other stories
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Penelope Lively |
A collection of intriguing and witty stories featuring a Martian stranded in a backyard, a clutch of gryphons hatching in London and a family of overly friendly ghosts. |
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Astercote
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Penelope Lively |
A brother and sister discover that nearby woods not only hide the site of a medieval village but also a well-kept and potentially dangerous secret. |
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The revenge of Samuel Stokes
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Penelope Lively |
When positively uncanny things begin happening in the new housing development, Tim and his grandfather realize they must do something to stop them. |
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Oleander, Jacaranda
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Penelope Lively |
A poignant and bittersweet memoir from the distinguished British fiction writer Penelope Lively, Oleander, Jacaranda evokes the author's unusual childhood growing up English in Egypt during the 1930s… |
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Ammonites and leaping fish
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"Sharp, unsentimental and ruefully funny. A fascinating portrait not only of Lively but of the times through which she has lived". (Daily Telegraph). "Clever and poignant ...there is much to enjoy. T… |
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