# How It All Began

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- Book: [How It All Began](https://www.bookquiver.com/penelope-lively/how-it-all-began) ([How It All Began.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/penelope-lively/how-it-all-began.md))
- Authors: [Penelope Lively](https://www.bookquiver.com/penelope-lively)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4312-264-7
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2012-11-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A vibrant novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively—a wry, wise story about the surprising ways lives intersect When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief...