Family Album - 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? As 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 played silent witness to a family's secrets. And one
devastating secret of which no one speaks . . . 'One of those
ridiculously simple, ridiculously readable novels whose artistry
only becomes apparent when you put it down with a sign of regret,
having devoured it in one sitting . . . Lively still displays an
economy and an elegance that put younger writers to shame' Sunday
Telegraph 'A pleasure to read, hugely enjoyable, consistently
absorbing, hilarious' Independent