The Road to Lichfield (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802136251)

In The Road to Lichfield, Penelope Lively explores the nature of history and memory as it is embodied in the life of a forty-year-old woman, Anne Linton, who unexpectedly learns that her father had a mistress. With this new knowledge, Linton must now examine the realities of her own life - of her childhood, her husband - and ask, What do they really know of her? 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, a future never fully anticipated.

Author: Penelope Lively
ISBN-10: 0802136257
ISBN-13: 9780802136251
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 03/05/1999
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.50w x 0.64d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/11/1999 pg. 40