{"product_id":"family-album-paperback","title":"Family Album - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively 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\u003ePenelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/b\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003cb\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/b\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003cb\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/b\u003e. Her novels include \u003cb\u003ePassing On\u003c\/b\u003e, shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, \u003cb\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.92 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52557310624051,"sku":"9780143117872","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0_qMPlBE6i9780143117872.webp?v=1761180835","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/family-album-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}