Jane even hates him, because he is always very strict with Edward, who is not able to do anything right in his father’s opinion. When the war starts, their father leaves to Scotland but Jane and Edward do not really mind because they do not like him.
Their mother died very early and now there is Betty looking after them. They do everything together and love living at Medleycott, which they call a paradise. Jane and her brother Edward are inseparable. Jane, one of the children who is now married and has children on her own, tells the story of her childhood to her husband, who drives with her to Medleycott, because the house she was born in is going to be sold.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Osnabrück (Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft), course: Penelope Lively's Juvenile and Adult Fiction, 1 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Going Back,by Penelope Lively, reconstructs the story of two children growing up on a farm, called Medleycott, in Somerset during World War II. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Disclaimer: This site does not store any files on its server.
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