The tense atmosphere Beth's sister causes when she comes to stay is strained further by Lucy's references to Beth's inability to conceive. When Lucy has a fatal accident, she leaves the legacy of her child, providing Beth's only chance of motherhood. But forces are bent on Beth remaining childless.
- ISBN10 0751593117
- ISBN13 9780751593112
- Publish Date 11 April 1996 (first published 6 April 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 August 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Sphere
- Format Hardcover
- Language English