Publisher's Synopsis
Infant teacher Frances Goodwin returns from Yorkshire to Blackpool to care for her ailing mother, but soon becomes frustrated at having to account for all her movements. Deciding to expand her horizons she joins a local operatic society, rekindling her love of singing and dancing. Then she gets to know Adrian Glover, the Methodist minister who visits her school to take assemblies. When he asks her to marry him she agrees, but the engagement does not go smoothly. First her mother's health deteriorates dramatically, and then she meets a new colleague - the handsome, distinguished Marcus Avery. "A brilliant read" WOMAN'S REALM