But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end. As these lives-of adults and children alike-unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. 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. When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum-a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales-she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prizewinning author ofPossession,that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
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