The purple swamp hen ; and other stories
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The purple swamp hen ; and other stories
（Penguin books）（Penguin fiction）
Penguin, 2017, c2016
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The purple swamp hen ; & other stories
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Contents of Works
- The purple swamp hen
- Abroad
- The row
- Who do you think you were?
- Old as the hills
- A biography
- The weekend
- Licence to kill
- Mrs Bennet
- Lorna and Tom
- Point of view
- DIY
- The bridge
- Theory of mind
- The third wife
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'Lively remains a sublime storyteller' Guardian on How It All Began
'More stylish than many writers half her age . . . Lively knows a thing of two about storytelling.' The Times on How It All Began
A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess; a couple who don't know each other at all even after fifteen years together; and, in the story from which this collection takes its name, a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding.
In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers.
by "Nielsen BookData"