Publisher's Synopsis
When Elsie and Bert Jones move with their children, Ann and Arthur, to Candle Lane in Battersea, they are befriended by their new neighbour Ruth Marchant, whose husband Ken has never allowed her to forget he is not the true father of their child, Sally. Elsie and Ruth's friendship changes their lives, and Ann and Sally also become friends, growing up as teenagers in the swinging sixties. Family life is at the heart of Candle Lane, from childhood sexual abuse to maternal love so devoted that a mother will break a young girl's heart to protect her son...
