{"product_id":"family-album-9780143117872","title":"Family Album","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In this haunting new novel, the act of forgetting is as strange and interesting as the power of remembering.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enjoyable read filled with memorable characters and secrets from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra, difficult Gina, destructive Paul, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut was it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow adults, the children return to Allersmead one by one. To their home-making mother and aloof writer father, and a house that for years has played silent witness to a family's secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd one devastating secret of which no one speaks . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenelope 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.\u003cp\u003ePenelope 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, \u003cb\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/b\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003cb\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/b\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003cb\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/b\u003e. Her novels include \u003cb\u003ePassing On\u003c\/b\u003e, shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, \u003cb\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318163018002,"sku":"9780143117872","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89aff8a9-db32-404f-9eef-e243fdb57bb8.jpg?v=1727549528","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/family-album-9780143117872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}