A Stitch in Time - Hardcover

Lively, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525400400 ISBN 13: 9780525400400

Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books, 1976

Synopsis

A quiet lonely child spending her holidays by the sea is changed by an inexplicable link with people and events of one hundred years ago and also by the very real and lively family next door.

About this title

Review:

“Gentle and humorous with a touch of mystery.” Michelle Magorian, bestselling author of ‘Goodnight, Mister Tom’

About the Author:

Penelope Lively was born in Cairo, Egypt and spent her childhood there. She came to England at the age of twelve, in 1945, and went to boarding school in Sussex. She went on to read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. In 1957 she married Jack Lively (who died in 1998). They had two children, Josephine and Adam. Jack Lively's academic career took the family from Swansea to Sussex and Oxford, and eventually to Warwick University, where he was Professor of Politics. Penelope Lively now has six grandchildren and lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0525400400
• ISBN 13: 9780525400400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140