My Policeman

About this book

When Marion first lays eyes on Tom - her best friends big brother broad blond blue-eyed - shes smitten. And when he comes home from National Service to be a policeman Marion a newly qualified teacher is determined to win him. But Patrick a curator at the Brighton Museum is also besotted with his policeman... Unable to acknowledge that something is amiss and that there is another equally overpowering claim on Toms affections Marion plunges into marriage sure that her love is enough for both of them... Through Marions and Patricks dual narratives their painful tragic story is a tale of wasted years misguided love and thwarted hope at a time when the country was on the verge of change and so much was still impossible.