Publisher's Synopsis
During her bleak childhood, Dorothy always knew that her family was different. Her implacable mother seems incapable of loving her, and the cruelty she endures is watched silently by her browbeaten father. Only her childhood friend, Steve, shows her any affection and, on the eve of the Second World War, she escapes from home and marries him. But wartime has its toll, taking from her both Steve and the baby they longed for. Rather than returning home, she escapes for the second time - to work at Burbank Hall, where the wounded are being treated. As she blossoms once again, she discovers the answers to the secrets from her past.
