A Lesser Peace

Brothers John and Teddy Wright face strangely parallel situations in their marriages, damaged by the wartime infidelities of their wives. John, aware of Jenny's self-confessed unfaithfulness, is determined to forgive - Jenny finds it harder to be forgiven. Teddy only learns of Marian's lapse after guilt drives her to the point of a mental breakdown. He flees to the wider conflict of the newly emerging state of Israel, where tragedy brings him to face his own responsibilities. The new queen's coronation reflects a lifting of the austerities of post-war Britain, but at this time of both national and personal regeneration, the sudden death of the boy's mother ends an era begun in the days before the Great War. This gripping novel about the Wright family will delight the reader.