Description

In as she goes in to the minutiae of her characters' lives, Group of Cards, the reader is introduced by Penelope Lively to slivers of the daily world that aren't usually available to remark. Whether she writes in regards to a widow on the trip to Russia, a little childis consignment to boarding-school, or an agoraphobic housewife, Penelope Lively takes the viewer after dark shut drapes, through the locked door, right into a world that appears at first routine and subsequently at second look, demonstrates to be distinctively unforgettable.