Judgement Day
$25.48
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
26 August 1982
Summary
Clare Paling - clever, inquisitive, sceptical - has had to move to the drowsy village of Laddenham because of her highly successful husband’s job. She is well-educated, attractive, has a nice house and wonderful children, but finds it hard to fit into the small, closed community, with its interesting sideshows of adultery, gossip and carefully adhered-to pecking orders.
It takes her involvement in the church’s fourth-centenary pageant and an unpardonable death to remind Clare, who had…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140061185 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140061185 |
| Author: | Penelope Lively |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 1982 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Penelope Lively
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:
- 1977: The Road to Lichfield
- 1984: According to Mark
She won the Booker Prize in 1987 for Moon Tiger.
Her other novels include:
- Going Back
- Judgement Day
- Next to Nature, Art
- Perfect Happiness
- Passing On
- City of the Mind
- Cleopatra’s Sister
- Heat Wave
- Spiderweb
- The Photograph
- Making It Up
- Consequences
- Family Album (shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award)
- How It All Began
Her short story collections include:
- Beyond the Blue Mountains
Her memoir of her childhood days in Egypt is:
- Oleander, Jacaranda
Her autobiographical work is:
- A House Unlocked
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.
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