Publisher's Synopsis
Judith Delaney and Alice Dowerthwaite have that rare precious thing - a friendship which overcomes their different lifestyles and aspirations. Judith, confident and ambitious, leaves Yorkshire to become a barrister in London but when things seem not to turn out as she'd hoped, she takes a break from the city to return to Netherby - and to Alice, who has never left. For the first time in their relationship, it is the practical and down-to-earth Alice who is the strong one. And as the two friends begin to regain the closeness which they had before their lives diverged, a powerful tale unfolds. "...intelligent writing sensitivity that the concept of reading fiction fades away into the feel of real drama" YORKSHIRE POST
