Family Album
by Penelope Lively
Bland and quite shallow. Written by an English author set in England with some interesting family members. Although, I think the author attempted to paint a lovely picture of this large families personalities, I found it all far too shallow in characterization. Much like the entertainment of watching a movie. When I read a book I desire to delve into the intimacies of the lives in the book. With many pages to achieve intimacies, this book just reported the story lives of the characters. A dull endeavor in reading and a failing for my time. The children of an English family having six children, with unusual parents and a nanny, could have been more enlightening if it were written so with depth and more sensitivity.
