Book description
This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an
investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself
and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a
look at Eygpt up to, and including, World War II from a small girl's
point of view, which is also, ultimately, a moving and rather sad
picture of an isolated and lonely little girl. Penelope Lively was
born in Cairo in 1933. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker
Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and
again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize
for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. Her novels include Passing
On, City of the Mind, Cleopatra's Sister and Heat Wave, many of which
are published by Penguin.
