Author(s): Diane Deeming

Fiction

Mary will not be broken...

In the devastating aftermath of London's 1944 bombings, Mary Bray falls hopelessly in love with Charlie Lambert. Together, they build a life in England a life enriched by the birth of a daughter. When Charlie is called away for military duty, Mary succumbs to the charms of Archie Bray, an egotistical Scot. Charlie discovers the affair and leaves Mary. She is inconsolable.

Now pregnant with Archie's child, and weighed down with regret, Mary has no option but to move with him to Glasgow, Scotland. She lives in a rat-infested tenement slum with a violent, abusive man with no potential or ambition.

Despite this, Mary is stoic, she has a plan. Her struggles have strengthened her resolve, she is determined to forge a new life for her and her children. She is no longer that downtrodden woman.

As her plans forge ahead, an unforseen setback threatens to destroy the years of planning. Her world falls apart, she is heartbroken with nowhere to turn ...

Mary Bray needs a miracle.