The Backyard Shadow Author:Lynne Reid Banks A sequel to The L-Shaped Room. — This novel continues the story of Jane, now living in an English country cottage with her illegitimate child, determined to forge a viable, independent future. She still loves Toby, her past lover but not the father of her child, but she has an obsessive conviction that she must not burden his writing career by s... more »addling him with her situation. She resolves to meet the challenges in her own way.« less