Vera married in haste but did not have time to repent at leisure. The spoilt darling of her father, Vera found wedded bliss with an overbearing husband not quite what she envisaged. When her abusive husband's bank failed, Vera returned to live with her parents and, somewhat matured by her experiences, determined to make the best life she could for her and her son.Jenny's fine grasp of the nuances in social history is once again to the fore in an interesting tale of determination and survival.