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001    ocn301798395 
003    OCoLC 
005    20091109083425.0 
008    090203s2009    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2009004081 
020    9780670021246 
020    0670021245 
035    (OCoLC)301798395 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dWHP 
043    e-uk-en 
049    WHPP 
050 00 PR6062.I89|bF36 2009 
082 04 823/.914|222 
100 1  Lively, Penelope,|d1933- 
245 10 Family album /|cPenelope Lively. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c2009. 
300    224 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    By degrees -- in shifting POVs and time periods cutting 
       from the 1970s until the present -- Lively introduces the 
       prodigious Harper family. There's Alison, the frazzled 
       matriarch, who married young and pregnant, and persuaded 
       her historian husband to buy Allersmead; distracted father
       Charles, who writes recherché tomes in his study and can't
       remember what ages his children are; and the children, who
       range from the wayward eldest and mother's favorite, Paul,
       to the youngest, Clare, whose parentage involves a family 
       secret concerning Ingrid, the Scandinavian au pair. Lively
       adeptly focuses on the second-oldest, Gina, a foreign 
       journalist who planned her life to stay far away from home
       until, at age 39, fellow journalist Philip goads her to 
       contemplate settling down for the first time. 
650  0 Children|zEngland|vFiction. 
650  0 Family secrets|vFiction. 
655  0 Domestic fiction. 
914    MID.b19518900 
914    FARM131759 
994    02|bWHP