Making It Up

"How much of what you write comes from your own life?" This is a question writers often struggle with in their search for material and inspiration. In this engrossing novel, Penelope Lively explores the many junctures in her life and how they could have played out. The split second decisions in her life are lived out in these pages as she dips into the parallel world of her past. What if she hadn't escaped from Cairo, Egypt, her birthplace at the outbreak of World War II? What would her life have been like if she'd become pregnant at eighteen? In this book Booker Prize-winner Penelope Lively creates a striking testament to her unique gifts.