. . . "Having dedicated herself to styling her family in accordance with her ideals, mother of six Alison finds her illusions wavering in the face of her husband's distance, long-repressed secrets, and her children's respective confrontations with painful truths."@en . . . . . "All Alison ever wanted was a blissful childhood for her six children, with summers at the beach and birthday parties on the lawn at their family home. Together with Ingrid, the family au pair, she has worked hard to create a real 'old-fashioned family life.' But beneath its postcard sheen, the picture is clouded by a distant father, Alison's inexplicable emotional outbursts, and long-repressed secrets that no one dares mention."@en . . "Domestic fiction" . "Domestic fiction"@en . "All Alison ever wanted was a blissful childhood for her six children, with summers at the beach and birthday parties on the lawn at their family home. Together with Ingrid, the family au pair, she has worked hard to create a real old-fashioned family life. But beneath its postcard sheen, the picture is clouded by a distant father, Alison's inexplicable emotional outbursts, and long-repressed secrets that no one dares mention."@en . "All Alison ever wanted was a blissful childhood for her six children, with summers at the beach and birthday parties on the lawn at their family home. Together with Ingrid, the family au pair, she has worked hard to create a real old-fashioned family life. But beneath its postcard sheen, the picture is clouded by a distant father, Alison's inexplicable emotional outbursts, and long-repressed secrets that no one dares mention." . . . . "Family album [a novel]" . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "In her sixteenth novel, Penelope Lively shows her extraordinary understanding of what makes us human as she delves into the mystery of family life."@en . . . "In her sixteenth novel, Penelope Lively shows her extraordinary understanding of what makes us human as she delves into the mystery of family life." . . . . . . . . "Family album a novel"@en . "Family album a novel" . . . . "Talking books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Audiobooks"@en . "Audiobooks" . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . "Family album"@en . "Family album" . . "FICTION. Psychological." . . "FICTION. Literary." . . "Tantor Media, Inc." . . . . "Audiobooks." . . "FICTION. General." . . "Children." . . "England." . . "England" . "Children England Fiction." . . "Family secrets." . . "Family secrets Fiction." . .