The Children's Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307473066)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - MAN BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Possession a story that spans the Victorian era through World War I about a children's author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the lives of her family and loved ones.

"Majestic ... Dazzling ... Wonderful." --The San Francisco Chronicle

When children's book author Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of a museum, 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. The Wellwoods' personal struggles and hidden desires unravel against a breathtaking backdrop of the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, as the Edwardian period dissolves into World War I and Europe's golden era comes to an end.

Author: A. S. Byatt
ISBN-10: 0307473066
ISBN-13: 9780307473066
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2010
Pages: 896
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.90d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 09/03/2010 pg. 75
New York Times Book Review 09/05/2010 pg. 24