In A House Unlocked, Penelope Lively takes us on a journey of her familial country house in England that her grandparents bought in 1923. As her narrative shifts from room to room, object to object, she paints a moving portrait of an era of rapid change-and of the family that changed with the times. As she charts the course of the domestic tensions of class and community among her relatives, she brings to life the effects of the horrors of the Russian Revolution and the Holocaust through portraits of the refugees who came to live with them. A fascinating, intimate social history of its times, A House Unlocked is an eloquent meditation on place and time, memory and history, and above all a tribute to the meaning of home.
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Hardback Editions
April 2002 : Hardback
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-7531-9732-4 / 978-0-7531-9732-5 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2002 : Hardback
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-8021-1712-0 / 978-0-8021-1712-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2001 : Hardback
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-670-89954-2 / 978-0-670-89954-8 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2003 : Paperback
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-8021-4007-6 / 978-0-8021-4007-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2002 : Paperback
| Title: A House Unlocked (Isis Nonfiction) Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-7531-9733-2 / 978-0-7531-9733-2 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2002 : Paperback
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-14-100164-X / 978-0-14-100164-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2001 : Paperback
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-670-91266-2 / 978-0-670-91266-7 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking/Allen Lane Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
April 2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-7531-1351-1 / 978-0-7531-1351-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Isis Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2002 : Audio CD
| Title: A House Unlocked: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Penelope Lively ISBN: 0-7531-1408-9 / 978-0-7531-1408-7 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
December 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2002 : Kindle edition
| Title: A House Unlocked Author(s): Penelope Lively Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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