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Passing On
Penelope Lively
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Description for Passing On
Paperback. Helen is fifty-two and Edward forty-nine when Dorothy, their mother, dies, ending her reign of terror and leaving them ill-equipped to deal with their lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Passing On is the eighth novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively.
Helen is fifty-two and Edward forty-nine when Dorothy, their mother, dies, ending her reign of terror and leaving them ill-equipped to deal with their lives. Timid, cautious and naive, Helen makes the charming Giles Carnaby, familiy solicitor, the object of a belated schoolgirl crush, while Edward, free to express his sexuality at last, finds it gets the better of him. Dorothy may be dead and buried, but her iron grip continues to hold them in its power.
'Passing On is about the essential difficulty of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin UK
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140119329
SKU
V9780140119329
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger. She ... Read more
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