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A Stitch in Time

by Penelope Lively

A girl's family photo album causes her to reevaluate the stories she thought she knew

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Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively

British novelist who won the Booker Prize for Moon Tiger and has explored history, memory, and the instability of personal narrative throughout her career. Her fiction is notable for its intelligence and emotional restraint. She is one of Britain's most consistently admired novelists.

More by Penelope Lively

  • Moon TigerAn old woman nearing death recounts her sweeping life story spanning continents and decades→
  • Cleopatra's SisterA British diplomat's daughter is kidnapped in North Africa with consequences rippling worldwide→
  • SpiderwebA mysterious medieval tapestry connects past and present through intertwined family secrets→
  • ConsequencesA chance event sets off a chain reaction across multiple generations and relationships→
  • How It All BeganA minor favour cascades into unexpected consequences affecting an entire community→
  • The Ghost of Thomas KempeA boy befriends the ghost of a seventeenth-century monk haunting his ancient English house→

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