Heat Wave Av Penelope Lively

<p>Published in Penguin Modern Classics, Penelope Lively''s <i>Heat Wave </i>is a moving portrayal of a fragile family damaged and defined by adultery, and the lengths to which a mother will go to protect the ones she loves.<br><br>Pauline is spending the summer at World''s End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing - and with his female copy editor - and Pauline can only watch in dismay and anger as her daughter repeats her own mistakes in love. The heat and tension will lead to a violent, startling climax. <br><br>Penelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, <i>The Road to Lichfield</i>, and again in 1984 for <i>According to Mark</i>. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize