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Description
The last thoughts of a dying writer are captured in this intelligent novel by Booker Prize-winner Penelope Lively. The moving and poignant story of life as a writer, historian, and mother ends as a saga of unfufilled love.
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Claudia Hampton: writer, dying
- Tom Southern: Claudia' lover in Egypt, during the II.WW, who was killed in war
- Gordon Hampton: Claudia's brother; special kind of relation-ship between them
First Sentence
'I'm writing a history of the world,' she says.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Penelope Lively (Author)
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