From the very first days, Ethel’s family life bore little resemblance to the one she saw in her girlish dreams. Her husband, Arthur MacArthur, a famous musician, spent all his time on tour and was a rare guest at home. Ethel really wanted to become a happy mother, it seemed to her that Arthur wanted the same. But she was very wrong. The husband was completely indifferent to the children. Their love gradually faded away, and the relationship came to a completely predictable outcome - divorce. Ethel and her daughter Frederica settled in London. They didn't live well, but they were happy. And twelve years later, the past powerfully reminded itself...

Note 2020. Published under the pseudonym Joanna Reed. The Strength Of Desire by Alison Fraser is most likely to be copied.