num_pages: 224
description: Set after WWII, the novel depicts a mother, Penelope Butler, with four daughters. To Penelope her family is everything. She decides to write down the family story. One daughter finds the private papers and feels enrages by her mother's distortions. This book has real insight into the psychology of a family.
language: English
title: Private Papers
titlecomplete: Private Papers
genres: Book Club, Novels, Fiction
ratings_count: 328
publisher: VINTAGE (RAND)