{"product_id":"dancing-fish-and-ammonites-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sharp, unsentimental and ruefully funny. A fascinating portrait not only of Lively but of the times through which she has lived\" -- Daily Telegraph (London) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRare personal reflections from \"one of our most talented writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt age eighty, Penelope Lively wrote this powerful and compelling 'view from old age', reporting back on what she found. There are meditations on what it is like to be old as well as on how memory shapes us. There are intriguing examinations of the key personal as well as historical moments she has lived through and her thoughts on her own bookishness - both as reader and writer. Lastly, she turns to six treasured possessions to speak eloquently about who she is and where she's been - fragments of memories from a life well lived.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePENELOPE LIVELY \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning novelist and author of children's literature. She received the Man Booker Prize for her novel Moon Tiger and wide acclaim for The Photograph, Family Album, and How It All Began. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47365297701049,"sku":"9780143126270","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/ZZetZvoQH9780143126270.webp?v=1780620633","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/dancing-fish-and-ammonites-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}