Consequences - Hardcover

Lively, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670038563 ISBN 13: 9780670038565

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2007

Synopsis

In a three-generation saga set against the second half of the twentieth century, a pair of lovers finds their lives in a rural Somerset village shattered by World War II, their daughter lands a first job through a forgotten newspaper, and their granddaughter questions her marriage while evaluating the past. By the author of The Photograph. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

a Joyous . . . At its center shimmers the idea of . . . the continuity of humankind as embodied in one family, shattered and reconstituted, fragile, stubborn, endearing.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
a A bold, lovely book.a
a"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
a An often beautiful novel of astute observations.a
a"San Francisco Chronicle"

Joyous . . . At its center shimmers the idea of . . . the continuity of humankind as embodied in one family, shattered and reconstituted, fragile, stubborn, endearing.
"The New York Times Book Review"
A bold, lovely book.
"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
An often beautiful novel of astute observations.
"San Francisco Chronicle"

? Joyous . . . At its center shimmers the idea of . . . the continuity of humankind as embodied in one family, shattered and reconstituted, fragile, stubborn, endearing.?
?"The New York Times Book Review"

? A bold, lovely book.?
?"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

? An often beautiful novel of astute observations.?
?"San Francisco Chronicle"

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670038563
• ISBN 13: 9780670038565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258