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Oleander, Jacaranda
Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived | Penelope Lively
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A poignant and bittersweet memoir from the distinguished British fiction writer Penelope Lively, Oleander, Jacaranda evokes the author's unusual childhood growing up English in Egypt during the 1930s and 1940s. Filled with the birds, animals and planets of the Nile landscape that the author knew as a child, Oleander, Jacaranda follows the young Penelope from a visit to a fellaheen village to an afternoon at the elegant Gezira Sporting Club, one milieu as exotic to her as the other. Lively's memoir offers us the rare opportunity to accompany a gifted writer on a journey of exploration into the mysterious world of her own childhood.
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Book haul part 2 - the writers biographies and memoirs section! Gosh I could have got 10 more they had so many. I had both of these Hermione Lee ones on my Wishlist and then the Penelope Lively was a find! I‘m now having buyers regret that I left the Gabriel Garcia Marquez behind. I will go back though 🤞🤞

merelybookish These look wonderful! I have the Woolf bio as well but havent read it yet. 3y
Centique @merelybookish it will probably take me 3 years before I pick it up! But I‘m trying to do a couple of writer bios a year. I do love them. I read a Vita Sackville West one which made me long to read Victoria‘s side of things too. 3y
LeahBergen Oh, nice!! And I have that Lively unread on my shelves, too. 😆 3y
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Centique @LeahBergen I thought when I saw it “this looks like a book Leah would like” 😍 3y
Cathythoughts Nice haul Paula 👍🏻❤️ 3y
batsy Nice! I recently found the Lee bio of Woolf too and was thrilled 💚 3y
andrew61 Fantastic books Paula. I read the Virginia wolf years ago , brilliant, so the will Catherine biog by her would be very interesting. Love penelope lively so will try and find that as well. 3y
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