Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively

Original title: Moon tiger

first published 1987 Penguin Group UK, 2010 ebook

A New Portway large print book

The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history, lies alone in a London hospital bed. Memories of her life still glow in her fading consciousness, but she imagines writing a history of the world. Instead, Moon Tiger is her own history, the life of a strong, independent woman, with its often contentious relations with family and friends. At its center — forever frozen in time, the still point of...

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Moon Tiger ebook · 2010 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141902715
Moon Tiger edition · 2006 · Penguin Books Ltd · 224 pages · 9780141188317
Moon Tiger. paperback · 2001 · Dtv · 282 pages · 9783423128605
Moon Tiger audiobook · 1997 · ISIS Audio Books · 9781850896630
Moon Tiger paperback · 1997 · Grove Press · 224 pages · 9780802135339
Moon tiger edition · 1988 · Chivers · 304 pages
Moon tiger edition · 1988 · Penguin · 207 pages
Moon tiger edition · 1988 · Grove Press · 208 pages · 9780802110275
Moon tiger edition · 1987 · A. Deutsch · 207 pages

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