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I can walk about London and see a society that seems an absolutely revolutionary change from the 1950s, that seems completely and utterly different, and then I can pick up on something where you suddenly see that it's not.
Penelope Lively
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Penelope Lively
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 17
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Penelope Low
Dame Penelope Margaret Lively
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