Cathy believed she was truly in love at eighteen and readily married her beau. Had she not it's certain she never would have met the real love of her life almost a decade later, during the 1970s... Told is Cathy's story, skillfully interwoven with the lives of a few men whilst each, in turn, is the one who is very much in Cathy's orbit - Thomas, her husband; Luke, a TV Presenter; Don, her local butcher; Christian, a soldier. At times earthy, this fascinating, atmospheric novel is dramatic in punch and trenchant in its observation of its characters' mentalities, and will live long in the memory.