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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 of their family home. Together with Ingrid, the family au pair, she has worked hard to create an "old-fashioned family life." But beneath the postcard sheen, a distant father, Alison's emotional outbursts, and long repressed secrets, cloud the picture. For years, Alison's children have protected her illusion of domestic bliss -- but as they confront the effects of past choices on their adult lives, it becomes evident that each must face certain truths.
Penelope 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.
Penelope 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, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her novels include Passing On, shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave.
Penelope 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.
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