“As Helen, Edward and Louise grew up they had come to recognise their mother's outlook for what it was. They realised with discomfort that she was not so much egotistical as fettered –trapped within a perpetual adolescence. She moved forever within a landscape whose only point of reference was herself."
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“As Helen, Edward and Louise grew up they had come to recognise their mother's outlook for what it was. They realised with discomfort that she was not so much egotistical as fettered –trapped within a perpetual adolescence. She moved forever within a landscape whose only point of reference was herself."
from "Passing On" by Penelope Lively