Consequences

On the eve of World War II, Matt and Lorna meet by chance on a park bench and fall completely, hopelessly in love. They are quickly married and expecting their first child when Matt is called for duty and killed in action. Lorna is destroyed with grief, but she does marry again. And Molly, Matt and Lorna's daughter, comes-of-age amidst the rubble and fear of the time. Later, a chance look at a newspaper leads Molly to her first job and into the life of a wealthy man she cannot love. Thirty years later, Molly's daughter, Ruth, leaves her marriage for a journey that takes her back to 1941, to discover the truths of her family's history. "Consequences" is another riveting novel from Penelope Lively.