Including new and never-before-published stories and forgotten treasures: the definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers Penelope Lively. Wry, compassionate and glittering with wit, her stories get beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate tales of growing up and growing old, chance encounters and life-long relationships, Lively explores with keen insight the ways that individuals can become tangled in history, and small acts ripple through the generations.