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A. S. Byatt and
Rosalyn Landor (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
October 6, 2009
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307577528
ISBN-10
030757752X
Dimensions
2.25 by 5 by 6 in.
Weight
1.35 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$50.00
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum—a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales—she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends.
But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house—and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children—conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives—of adults and children alike—unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end.
Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children's Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day.
When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum—a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales—she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends.
But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house—and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children—conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives—of adults and children alike—unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end.
Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children's Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day.
Editions
Hardcover
from Gardners Books (May 7, 2009)
9780701183899 | details & prices | 624 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.75 in. | 2.05 lbs | List price $31.70
Miscellaneous
from Vintage Books (October 6, 2009)
9780307272959 | details & prices | 688 pages | List price $16.95
CD/Spoken Word
from Gardners Books (November 1, 2009)
9781407450667 | details & prices | List price $67.00
About: Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children.
About: Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Rosalyn Landor (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (October 6, 2009)
9780307577528 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 2.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $50.00
About: A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
About: A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
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