My Policeman

My Policeman by Roberts, Bethan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780701185848.

An exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. From the moment Marion first lays eyes on Tom -- her best friends big brother, broad, blond, blue-eyed -- she is smitten. And when he comes home from National Service to be a policeman, Marion, a newly qualified teacher, is determined to win him. Unable to acknowledge the signs that something is amiss, she plunges into marriage, sure that her love is enough for both of them. But Tom has another life, another equally overpowering claim on his affections. Patrick, a curator at the Brighton Museum, is also besotted with his policeman, and opens Toms eyes to a world previously unknown to him. But in an age when those of minority status were condemned by society and the law, it is safer for this policeman to marry his teacher. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. Unfolding through the dual narratives of Marion and Patrick, both writing about the man at t