Wives Sweethearts Author:Lilian Harry It may be the Sixties, but in Portsmouth and Plymouth, Clare and Kathy have just committed themselves to a life as naval wives, a world far away from 'swinging London'. — Clare finds herself coping with motherhood alone, after her husband Martyn goes back to sea. And when he returns, he struggles to adapt to Clare's new-found independence and co... more »nfidence. Kathy, newly engagaed to Brian, is faced with temptations which are impossible to ignore, as she is forced to make the most difficult of choices. Even when all their lives seem to be settling into a peaceful routine, it seems that their troubles are only just beginning.
Full of the ups and downs of love and marriage, and the warmth, gossip and jealousies of a close-knit community, Wives & Sweethearts is a novel of love, separation, fidelity and indecision, and of what happens when marriage faces the ultimate challenge.« less