DANCING FISH AND AMONITES

Rare personal reflections from one of our most talented writers (The New York Times Book Review) Memory and history have been Penelo pe Lively's terrain in fiction throughout a career that has spanned five decades. In this funny, smart, and poignant (Los Angeles Ti mes) memoir, she offers a glimpse into her influences and formative years, as well as a view of what life looks like from the vantag e point of eighty years. Lively traces the arc of her own life, from early childhood in Cairo to boarding school in England to the s weeping ...[Read more]