{"product_id":"making-it-up-9780143037842","title":"Making It Up","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Nobody writes more astutely or affectingly about [love]... than Penelope Lively.\" \u003cb\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intelligent examination of alternative destinies, choices and the moments in our lives when we could have chosen a different path, from Booker Prize-winning author Penelope Lively \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fascinating piece of fiction, Penelope Lively takes moments from her own life and asks 'what if' she had made other choices: what if she hadn't escaped from Alexandria at the outbreak of WWII? What would her life have been like if she had become pregnant when she was 18? If she had married someone else? If she taken a different job? If she had lived her life abroad? These stories offer a sublime dance between realityand imaganation, inviting the reader to ask similar questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143037842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.82h x 5.10w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/22\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penelope Lively","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44655064940725,"sku":"9780143037842","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8125fb87-1c28-4795-849f-c996f408cf2f.jpg?v=1727192034","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/making-it-up-9780143037842","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}