Going Back

by Penelope Lively

On a visit to her childhood home a woman recalls the experiences she and her brother had while living there during World War II and especially the reasons they decided to run away.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novels, Female Authors, British Literature, Literary Fiction, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. 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 other books include Going Back; Judgement Day; Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness; Passing On; City of the Mind; Cleopatra’s Sister; Heat Wave; Beyond the Blue Mountains, a collection of short stories; Oleander, Jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; Spiderweb; her autobiographical work, A House Unlocked; The Photograph; Making It Up; Consequences; Family Album, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award, and How It All Began.

She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List, and DBE in 2012.

Penelope Lively lives in London. She was married to Jack Lively, who died in 1998.

Reviews

[Maria Teresa]

Deludente. 200 pagine in cui non succede assolutamente nulla. È ambientato in Inghilterra al tempo della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e racconta la vita quotidiana di due bambini, fratello e sorella. Il momento più emozionante è quando il fratellino decide di fuggire di casa per non dovere andare in collegio e la sorella lo segue. Peccato che poi finisce tutto in una bolla di sapone.