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Penelope Lively has written many prize-winning novels for adults and children. They include: The Road To Lichfield, According To Mark, Moon Tiger (which won the 1987 Booker Prize), Heat Wave, Spiderweb, The Photograph, Making It Up, Consequences and Family Album. Penelope Lively lives in London.More stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing or two about storytelling . . . her candour is refreshing, and reminds us that you don't have to lie to yourself to live life finely until the very end
The Times
Contains some of Lively's funniest and most enjoyable character studies . . . she remains a sublime storyteller
Guardian
Elegant and engrossing, this is a gently funny and touching portrait of the complex path life can take
Easy Living
Deeply comical, essentially kind-hearted, wonderfully written and seasoned with a rare wisdom
Literary Review
Witty and astute
Daily Mail
An engaging read
Woman's Own
Lively's prose is indeed lively, her humour wry and her insights into the human condition both wise and moving
Sunday Express
As always, Lively has a precise control of the comic, and an ear for dialogue honed over more than 40 years of writing
Independent on Sunday
A deftly constructed, always enjoyable novel
Sunday Times