Moon tiger
Penelope Lively · 1987
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About the book
The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history, lies alone in a London hospital bed. Memories of her life still glow in her fading consciousness, but she imagines writing a history of the world. Instead, Moon Tiger is her own history, the life of a strong, independent woman, with its often contentious relations with family and friends. At its center — forever frozen in time, the still point of her turning world — is the cruelly truncated affair with Tom, a British tank commander whom Claudia knew as a reporter in Egypt during World War II.
First sentence: 'I'm writing a history of the world,' she says.
Book details
- Year
- 1987
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Editions
- 8
- Reader rating
- 4.0 / 5 (5)
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780802110275
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