Dimensions
144 x 222 x 30mm
After the wedding, they had left London. A friend of Matt's had offered a month's use of his rooms while he was away. There, they had learned one another. They had learned every inch of one another's bodies; they had learned every look, every tone, every inflection of the voice; they had learned one another's tastes, thoughts, responses. Lorna had thought that this was the first time in her life that she had known another person, known them as though they were a facet of herself. Matt thought only: so this is love.
In her most touching novel yet, Penelope Lively writes about a young woman, her daughter and her granddaughter, their contrasting lives and their achievement of love.
Lorna escapes her conventional Kensington family to marry artist, Matt. They settle in a small cottage in Somerset, where their daughter Molly is born. But World War II puts an end to their immense happiness. Molly will have to wait longer to find love as she gamely grapples with work and sex in 1960s London; while Ruth, Lorna's granddaughter, has to wait even longer still.
