Byatt, A. S. , 1936-

The children's book : a novel / A.S. Byatt - 1st U.S. ed - New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2009. - 675 p. ; 25 cm.

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--a world that conceals more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined and that will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces.

9780307272096

2009016334


Women authors----Fiction
Children and adults----Fiction
Runaway children----Fiction
Country homes----Fiction
Family secrets----Fiction
World War, 1914-1918---Great Britain----Fiction

PR6052.Y2 / C48 2009

FIC BYA