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A House Unlocked by Penelope Lively (Paperback, 2002)
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Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London.
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Beautifully repackaged reissue of Penelope Lively's classic memoir The only child of divorced parents, Penelope Lively was often sent to stay at her grandparents' country house Golsoncott. Years later, as the house was sold out of the family, she began to piece together the lives of those she knew fifty years before. In a needlework sampler, she sees her grandmother and the wartime children that she sheltered under her roof in 1940. Potted meat jars remind her of the ritual of doing the flowers for church. The smell of the harness room brings her Aunt Rachel - avant-garde artist, fervent horserider - vividly back to life. In A House Unlocked, Penelope Lively delves into the domestic past of her former home, and tells of her own youth and the contrasts between life today and the way they lived then.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141001647
eBay Product ID (ePID)88908691
Product Key Features
Book TitleA House Unlocked
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicMemorials, History
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorPenelope Lively
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight180 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPenelope Lively
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- 28 Aug, 2022
An excellent title as an early life is truly unlocked.
Autobiographical I have found it a compelling read. about the author's early life when she visited her grandmother in Exmoor. It has reminded me of so many things, holidays in that area and also Russia as Penelope Lively writes about the Russian visitors to her grandmother's house. The book is good value.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 May, 2021
Excellent writing and very interesting if you know West Somerset
A great writer. I bought this book because it concerns a house which it turns out is vey close to where I live. She talks about many of the places that I know well. This may have made the book more readable for me but may not be as appealing to anyone who doesn't know the area although it was recommended to me by someone who loved the book and live in Essex.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Mar, 2023
Describes the story well.
Condition good. It was reccomended and I haven't read all yet. Good so far.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
