Lively remains a sublime storyteller Guardian on How It All BeganMore stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing of two about storytelling. The Times on How It All Began A dream house that is hiding something sinister two women having lunch who share a husband an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess a couple who dont know each other at all even after fifteen years together and, in the story from which this collection takes its name, a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding. In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers.

Binding: Paperback;208 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 274 g; Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 14

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