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How It All Began

How It All Began

Penned By Penelope Lively
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How It All Began

How It All Began

Penned By Penelope Lively
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When Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord Peters to Manchester, which means his niece Marion has to go instead, which means she sends a text to her lover which is intercepted by his wife, which is just the beginning in the ensuing chain of life-altering events.In this engaging, utterly absorbing and brilliantly told novel, Penelope Lively shows us how one random event can cause marriages to fracture and heal themselves, opportunities to appear and disappear, lovers who might never have met to find each other and entire lives to become irrevocably changed.Funny, humane, touching, sly and sympathetic, How It All Began is a brilliant sleight of hand from an author at the top of her game.

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Length 229 Pages
Language Eng
Released 2011
Identifier (ISBN) 11797374
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Penelope Lively is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Penelope Lively enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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