Hattie has a difficult if loving partner, Martyn; an absentee mother, Lallie; and a cynical if attentive grandmother, Frances. She tries to do the right and moral thing in a tricky world, and...

Offering wisdom on the subject of happiness and how to achieve it, Weldon explores what makes women happy; how our lives, jobs, families, bodies, morals, and responsibilities affect that...

Sappho was so happy when she married Gavin. But she hadn’t considered his daughter, Isobel. Isobel is a delightful, charming girl who spends her school holidays caring for the elderly, and who...