Family Album Author:Penelope Lively Allersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra, difficult Gina, destructive Paul, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare. — But was it? — Now adults, the children return to Allersmead one by one. To their home-making mother and aloof writer father, and a house that for years has play... more »ed silent witness to a family's secrets. And one devastating secret of which no one speaks . . .« less