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The Lowry's waterfront setting Side view of the main entrance. The complex was designed by Michael Wilford [8] with structural engineer Buro Happold and constructed by Bovis Construction. Groundbreaking took place on 19 June 1997. The Lowry is built on a triangular site at the end of Pier 8 and has a triangular plan.
[12] Like Lowry's other books, The Giver shows changes in the characters' lives, reflecting this fascination in the multifaceted dimensions of growing up. [ 13 ] The Giver was initially inspired by Lowry's interaction with her father, who, in his senility, kept forgetting about the long-ago death of her sister; [ 14 ] she imagined "a novel in ...
The Giver Quartet is a series of four books about a dystopian world by Lois Lowry. The quartet consists of The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012). [1] [2] The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. [3] [4] The story takes place in the world of The Giver. Each book has a ...
Lowry had originally not planned on writing Son or any sequels to The Giver, but she was inspired to write the story after she "decided to describe what became of him [Gabriel] as he grew up." [ 3 ] Initially intending to center the book on Gabriel and his determination to discover his past, Lowry instead found herself being drawn to write more ...
Lowry's former home, 117 Station Road, Pendlebury, Lancashire Lowry was born on 1 November 1887 at 8 Barrett Street, Stretford, which was then in Lancashire. [8] It was a difficult birth, and his mother Elizabeth, who hoped for a girl, was uncomfortable even looking at him at first.
McIlroy and Lowry both began the week making a hole-in-one — Lowry on the seventh hole at Pebble Beach, McIlroy on the 15th at Spyglass — and now the longtime friends from Irish golf will be ...
Lowry announced via TikTok on Friday, February 9, that her newborn son’s name is Verse and her newborn daughter’s name is Valley. The Teen Mom 2 alum, 31, shares the twins and son Rio (who she ...
Lois Ann Lowry (/ ˈ l aʊər i /; [2] née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet , Number the Stars , and Rabble Starkey .