Penelope Lively Consequences

Consequences

Consequences by Penelope Lively begins in the 1930’s before World War Two in London. This book talks about a mother a daughter and the daughter's daughter. Three generations of women in the same family and the experiences during the different periods of time they live in and how their lives are very similar despite the different time eras they live in.

The main characters in the book are Lorna, Matt, Molly and Ruth. Lorna Belongs to the upper class and falls and is really humble she isn't interested in money and feels like money isn't that important. Matt is of the lower class he is an artist and he too doesn't care too much for money. Molly who is Lorna's daughter struggles to find love and Ruth who is Molly’s daughter is confused about what she wants in life.

Lorna Meets this lower class painter named Matt who is struggling to make money . They meet on a park bench and it is love at first sight they meet and instantly connect and fall in love. Lorna introduces Matt to her family and because money and social standards are very important to her family they immediately disapprove of her relationship and hope that it doesn't turn into anything serious but Lorna tells them it's very serious and shows them the ring he got her

Consequences was a good book it started off very strong but toward the middle lacked a lot of detail to describe the characters and their feelings and the other characters lives. This book was interesting because it could be relatable even if people were born in different time periods they could share similar problems because everyone goes through struggles and faces obstacles in life whether rich or poor young or