79 Uxbridge Road
Annette Creswell
- Tom,
- who
- was
- previously
- an
- Accountant
- in
- the
- shipping
- office
- of
- Cunard,
- has
- arrived
- home
- from
- the
- second
- world
- war
- to
- his
- wife
- Martha
- and
- their
- two
- children,
- Brian
- who
- is
- five
- and
- Janey
- eleven.Because
- of
- the
- terrible
- conditions
- in
- the
- concentration
- camp
- in
- which
- he
- was
- imprisoned
- by
- the
- Germans,
- Tom
- contracts
- TB
- and
- is
- subsequently
- admitted
- to
- a
- sanitarium
- leaving
- Martha
- to
- care
- for
- the
- family.Tom's
- mother
- who
- lives
- in
- style
- in
- Belgravia
- does
- not
- endear
- herself
- to
- anyone
- and
- blames
- her
- son's
- ill
- health
- on
- his
- enlistment
- in
- the
- war.
- However,
- Martha's
- mother
- is
- the
- complete
- opposite
- to
- Grandma
- Johnson,
- and
- Brian
- and
- Janey
- adore
- visiting
- her
- in
- the
- school
- holidays.In
- Martha's
- struggle
- to
- care
- for
- her
- family,
- she
- is
- supported
- by
- her
- gossipy
- but
- kind
- neighbour,
- Ethel,
- who
- lives
- next
- door
- and
- likes
- to
- play
- Bingo
- at
- the
- local
- hall.Tom
- dies
- of
- TB,
- but
- he
- did
- not
- die
- alone
- as
- Edward,
- the
- kind
- doctor
- at
- the
- sanitarium
- had
- been
- with
- him
- in
- his
- final
- moments.Will
- Martha
- be
- able
- to
- support
- herself
- and
- her
- two
- children
- with
- no
- husband?
- Will
- she
- find
- love
- again
- when
- everything
- looks
- so hopeless?
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