Hedda Gabler, a deceased General's daughter marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middle class tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford, to a house they cannot afford. Increasingly, she is drawn into the clutches of her admirer, Judge Brack, who seeks to...
The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.