The Semi-Detached Women

<p><strong>For a young woman in 1960s England falling in love can be a crime-and could cost her everything . . .</strong></p><p> </p><p>In 1963 Manchester England a pregnancy is enough to get eighteen-year-old Janine thrown out by her mother-regardless of whether the baby's father is Janine's much-older married boss who's taken advantage of her. Having spent her lonely childhood immersed in romantic books Janine gets practical and rents out one half of a stone cottage to wait for childbirth.</p><p> </p><p>She isn't alone long though. Laura a newly divorced with an eight-year-old boy and a difficult past of her own moves into the other half of the house. The two women become friends and their relationship grows. But after Janine's daughter is born a social worker starts hovering strongly suggesting that Janine allow the Catholic unwed mothers' home to put her child up for adoption.</p><p> </p><p>To hold on to the happiness she's found Janine will have to stay strong against malicious forces-and accept help from some unexpected friends-in this richly emotional novel about finding out who you can truly depend on and who you really are.</p><p> </p><p><em>First place winner I AM Writing Romance Competition</em></p>