A wing and a prayer
For Mary Callaghan marriage has brought heartaches and disappointment. But with it have come joys, the greatest of which are her daughters, Daisy and Nell. Mary longs for them to have the one thing denied to her - a husband who will offer them kindness, security and love. But when Daisy confesses she's pregnant, Mary knows the future looks grim, for the father's a rough, pleasure-loving man. As Nell watches her sister sink into bitter poverty, and as the world around her grows more uncertain, with war more likely by the day, risking all for love seems to Nell a foolish game. Especially when a marriage based on mutual respect and financial security seems to be presenting itself -along with the prospect of the child for which Nell so desperately longs ..
Domestic fiction
438 pages ; 18 cm
9780747267119, 0747267111
59368694
Originally published: 2002