Penelope Lively, the beloved, bestselling and award-winning author of Moon Tiger reflects on the influences that have shaped her literary life in Dancing Fish and Ammonites. Lively traces the arc of her life, from her early childhood in Cairo and boarding-school education in England to her love for archaeology and the sweeping changes in 20th-century Great Britain.
"An insightful book of self-reflection from the acclaimed novelist--"not quite a memoir," she writes, but "the view from old age."" - Kirkus Reviews
"Overall, these reflective essays offer a wealth of riches for further study, and help to dispel many of the stereotypes about the aged, from the "smiling old dear to the grumbling curmudgeon," which she abashedly admits are frequently ossified in fiction."- Publishers Weekly Reviews
"Overall, these reflective essays offer a wealth of riches for further study, and help to dispel many of the stereotypes about the aged, from the "smiling old dear to the grumbling curmudgeon," which she abashedly admits are frequently ossified in fiction."- Publishers Weekly Reviews
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