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Penelope Lively, “Moon Tiger”

Posted on December 2, 2012 by carolwallace

Yes. Yes, I agree with all of you who have recommended Moon Tiger. Wonderful as Penelope Lively always is, this is probably her best book to date. (It won the Booker Prize in 1987.) I actually considered going right back … Continue reading →

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Penelope Lively, “Passing On”

Posted on June 3, 2012 by carolwallace

Today’s nomination for Best First Sentence of a Novel: “The coffin stuck fast at the angle of the garden path and the gateway out into the road.” Thank you, Penelope Lively, for giving us an episode and a metaphor elegantly … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Taylor, “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont”

Posted on April 8, 2012 by carolwallace

The cover of the Virago edition of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont shows Rupert Friend wearing a modish blue muffler, with his head tossed back as he roars with laughter, and Joan Plowright (also mufflered, though hers is pink) in … Continue reading →

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Penelope Lively, “The Photograph”

Posted on April 30, 2011 by carolwallace

What a great premise for a novel: a character comes across an old photograph of his wife. She is surreptitiously holding hands with another man — her brother-in-law, actually. Our protagonist realizes, for the first time, that the two were … Continue reading →

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Penelope Lively, “Consequences”

Posted on August 13, 2009 by carolwallace

Last time I read this book, Joanna Trollope had written it, and the title was Legacy of Love. Okay, I’m being flippant, but there is a Trollope book that links the love stories of three generations of women. And if … Continue reading →

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