Passing On

''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 be...