Joanna Malling lost her husband in the first year of their marriage. At the age of 21 she was left with a baby daughter to raise alone.Now twenty years later, her daughter Libby and her new husband Steven move in with Joanna. What starts as an uneasy relationship between Joanna and Steven develops into something much more initmate and reminds Joanna of all she has missed out on... British Library Women Writers 1950s