Booker-Prize winning author Penelope Lively is that rare writer who goes from strength to strength in book after perfectly assured book. - The Washington Post Book World.
The richest and most rewarding of her novels.
Helen and Edward slowly learn to accept what has been lost in their own lives and embrace what can yet be retrieved.
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.
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.
Booker-Prize winning author Penelope Lively is that rare writer who goes from strength to strength in book after perfectly assured book
