The Go-Between was the first L.P. Hartley book I read. It's still my favorite of his and I've read most of what he has written now except for all his short stories. It's about Eustace and his sister Hilda. Hilda encourages Eustace to befriend a crippled old lady called Miss Fothergill. It's something he doesn't want to do. He would rather hang out with his friend Nancy. But he ends up doing it and it pays in a big way. I started reading the sequel "The Sixth Heaven." It takes place in the adult years. I have to admit I was hoping for another book of these characters in their childhood. This book takes a delicate look at describing the confusion children face figuring out the adulthood world.
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