Road to Lichfield Condition:Well Read winner of the Orange Broadband

winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction

She had arrived at the ultimate destination

As our story opens

it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime

the sacrifices we make to help others

Road to Lichfield Condition:Well Read winner of the Orange BroadbandIn The Road to Lichfield, Penelope Lively explores the nature of history and memory as it is embodied in the life of a forty year old woman, Anne Linton, who unexpectedly learns that her father had a mistress. With this new knowledge, Linton must now examine the realities of her own life of her childhood, her husband and ask, What do they really know of her? Deeply felt, beautifully controlled, The Road to Lichfield is a subtle exploration of memory