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Title: The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-8021-3625-7 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: "The Road to Lichfield" is similar to Penelope Lively's other books in that it is a well-written, acutely observed portrait of intelligent, interesting characters. As a narrative device she listens in on or recreates snippets of the consciousness of various characters. The effect of this device for me is that the characters seem utterly real. In this particular story, the main character, Anne, middle-aged, married to a priggish and uncommunicative but solid and responsible solicitor, finds her ideas about herself and her family all suddenly called into question when she learns new information about her dying father and when she falls in love with a new acquaintance. Add Anne's involvement with a project to save a decaying but historic old building from demolition, and Anne has plenty of material for exploration of her ideas about the past.
The author is a historian, apparently with an interest in old buildings. I enjoyed the descriptions of the British countryside and life style, and some minor characters were delightful.
This book is extremely well written but you won't like it if you don't like novels where the main focus is on social relationships.
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Title: Heat Wave : Novel, A by Penelope Lively ISBN: 0060928557 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Spiderweb by Penelope Lively ISBN: 0060929723 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively ISBN: 0802135331 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Passing On by Penelope Lively ISBN: 0802136265 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Pack of Cards by Penelope Lively ISBN: 0802136249 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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