Author:Penelope Lively
'Brilliantly captures the ecstasy and agony of falling in love . . . Highly plausible, utterly authentic, beautifully written' Daily Mail
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, family 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.
Poignant, clever, and funny, Passing On is a novel about nostalgia, guilt, and desire, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Tiger
'Lively is at her sharpest, alert to every conceivable irony' Jonathan Coe, Guardian
A story as poignant as it is humorous.
—— Mail on SundayLively is at her sharpest, alert to every conceivable irony.
—— Jonathan Coe , GuardianLively brilliantly captures the ecstasy and agony of falling in love. . . A highly plausible, utterly authentic, beautifully written slice of contemporary life.
—— Daily MailPassing On is about the essential difficulty of being English, of coping with peculiarly English varieties of guilt, nostalgia, frustration and desire
—— ObserverGavalda's ability to reinvent the will-they-won't-they love story makes this a refreshing five-star read with real bite
—— EveExhibits extraordinary originality
—— John Bayley , IndependentSaramago can transform banal sentiments into unexpected profundities
—— David McAllister , TLSEarle seems to have little trouble expanding his range from a three-minute song to a 300-page narrative... And though the novel comes no closer to establishing the facts of Hank Williams's death, it certainly reveals a good deal of truth behind it
—— Alfred Hickling , GuardianA witty, heartfelt story of hope, forgiveness and redemption
—— Booklist
zpostcode
Recruit
weather
mreligion
Yellowpages
sport
constellation
shopping
name
game
directory
literature
Word
tour
furnish
Lottery
tftnews
lyrics
News
digital
car
dir
Edu
Finance
