Young Marie, pregnant by a feckless sailor, manouevres the more reliable Sam away from college and into wedlock. The result is a daughter, Pia, followed shortly by her half-brother, Luke, and an unhappy marriage founded on lies and thwarted dreams. Between the children, though, an intense and loving bond develops, a bond so strong that as teenagers it leads them away from home and into dangerous waters. In spare, emotionally charged prose, Rosalyn Chissick charts a relationship that challenges society's rules and exposes the hypocrisy that lurks beneath.
- ISBN10 034070781X
- ISBN13 9780340707814
- Publish Date 10 July 2000 (first published 4 December 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 April 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Imprint Sceptre
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 224
- Language English