Subject: Lively, Penelope, 1933- (Keywords)

Taking in old age, the context of one's life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others - this is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved...

Taking in old age, the context of one's life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others - this is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved...

In A House Unlocked, Penelope Lively recalls Golsoncott, the country house owned by her grandparents. She traces the history of the house and its inhabitants and in doing so charts the social and cultural changes which occurred in the 20th century.

Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother's garden in a sloping Somerset field, then two successive Oxfordshire gardens of her own, and the smal...

Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother's garden in a sloping Somerset field, then two successive Oxfordshire gardens of her own, and the smal...

Penelope Lively takes moments from her own life and asks 'what if she had made other choices?'. She examines alternative destinies, choices and the moments in our lives when we could have chosen a different path.

Penelope Lively takes moments from her own life and asks 'what if she had made other choices?'. She examines alternative destinies, choices and the moments in our lives when we could have chosen a different path.

A look at Egypt up to, & including, World War II from a small girl's point of view, this work is a picture of an isolated & lonely little girl. This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself & her memories as...

Using memories of her childhood among the privileged expatriate society of Egypt in the 1930s, Penelope Lively provides a slice of autobiography which is also an exploration of childhood perception. Her account stands as a poignant metaphor for all lost childhoods.