The Road To Lichfield
Author: Lively, Penelope
ISBN: 9780241981405
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Jun 2017
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
The Booker Prize shortlisted first novel by Penelope Lively, available for the first time as a Penguin Essential
Ann Linton leaves her family in Berkshire and sets up camp in her father's house when he is taken into a nursing home in distant Lichfield. As she shares his last weeks she meets David Fielding, and the love they share brings her feelings into sharp focus. Deeply felt, beautifully controlled, The Road to Lichfield is a subtle exploration of memory and identity, of chance and consequence, of the intricate weave of generations across a past never fully known, and a future never fully anticipated.
ISBN: 9780241981405
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Jun 2017
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
The Booker Prize shortlisted first novel by Penelope Lively, available for the first time as a Penguin Essential
Ann Linton leaves her family in Berkshire and sets up camp in her father's house when he is taken into a nursing home in distant Lichfield. As she shares his last weeks she meets David Fielding, and the love they share brings her feelings into sharp focus. Deeply felt, beautifully controlled, The Road to Lichfield is a subtle exploration of memory and identity, of chance and consequence, of the intricate weave of generations across a past never fully known, and a future never fully anticipated.
