Passing on (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802136268)

Booker-Prize winning author Penelope Lively is that rare writer who goes from strength to strength in book after perfectly assured book. In Passing On, she applies her distinctive insight and consummate artistry to the subtle story of a domineering and manipulative mother's legacy to her children. With their mother's death, Helen and Edward, both middle-aged and both unmarried, are left to face the ramifications of their mother's hold on their lives for all of these years. Helen and Edward slowly learn to accept what has been lost in their own lives and embrace what can yet be retrieved. "The richest and most rewarding of her novels." - The Washington Post Book World

Author: Penelope Lively
ISBN-10: 0802136265
ISBN-13: 9780802136268
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 03/09/1999
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.55w x 0.68d