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A House Unlocked by Penelope Lively
24.95 NZD
29.00 (13% off)
Category: Fiction
?Every house tells a story,? says novelist Penelope Lively. Her social history and memoir delves into the domestic past of her former home in Somerset, showing it to be full of stories. A House Unlocked is an eloquent and engaging examination of England?s past and present.
A Martian Comes to Stay by Penelope Lively
12.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
The Martian's spaceship needs repairs but when he returns with the spanner he's borrowed from Peter and his gran, he finds he's been abandoned. Luckily, Gran and Peter take him in, and introduce him to country life. It's all going well until they take him to the village fete.
A Martian in the Supermarket by Penelope Lively
12.99 NZD
14.99 (13% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 6 To 8
It's not every day you find a Martian hiding between the freezer cabinets in your local supermarket. Judy spots one when her mum is looking for fish fingers. His rocket's engine won't start, so Judy takes him back to her house while they think of a plan. Will the Martian ever reach home?
A Stitch in Time (Essential Modern Classics) by Penelope Lively
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Essential Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers bringing these timeless story to a new generation. Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that aren't there - a swin ...Show more
Consequences by Penelope Lively
28.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Destinies can change in an instant. In 1935, privileged misfit Lorna meets the love of her life. Falling for a penniless and bohemian artist, Matt, she abandons her stuffy Kensington existence in London and moves to a rustic cottage in Somerset. A baby, Molly, is born, but the coming war takes Matt - an ...Show more
Family Album by Penelope Lively
29.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Family Album is the sixteenth novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively. Allersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra, difficult Gina, destructive Paul, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare. But was it? As adults, the children ret ...Show more
Family Album by Penelope Lively
45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
A big shabby Victorian suburban house, the smell of raincoats and coq au vin in the hall, the six mugs for the children slung from the kitchen dresser hooks: for destructive Paul, difficult Gina, elegant Sandra, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare, Allersmead was the perfect place to grow ...Show more
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Penelope Lively
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Stories to Collect and Treasure Ser.
A retelling of the traditional children's tale. Goldilocks is walking through the woods when she comes across a cottage. She lets herself in to explore and causes chaos. Will the three bears come home and find her?
In Search of a Homeland by Penelope Lively
24.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Aeneas flees from the sacked city of Troy, entrusted by his goddess-mother Venus with a daunting mission: to find a new homeland for his people.
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
28.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 2017** 'Rich and unusual, this is a book to treasure' Alex Preston, Observer Penelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother ...Show more
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
39.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and life Penelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards of her c ...Show more
Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
40.00 NZD
Category: Gardening
**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 2017**'Rich and unusual, this is a book to treasure' Alex Preston, ObserverPenelope Lively has always been a keen gardener. This book is partly a memoir of her own life in gardens: the large garden at home in Cairo where she spent most of her childhood, her grandmother's ...Show more