Margaret Thomson Davis

Bessie Alexander knew she was a disgrace. How could she allow thoughts of Gregory Seymour to intrude upon her prayers? But prayer time was the only peace she got and Gregory was the one bright light on her horizon.
Bessie’s daughter, Daisy, kept as far away from her mother as she could, preferring to spend her time with her friend Jennifer and Jennifer’s grandmother, Sophie McPherson. And Jennifer has good reason to stay away from her own mother too. They’d never been close and Adrina’s latest boyfriend was worse than all the rest.
When family tensions spill over into violence, Jennifer runs away to London to begin a new life. But eventually the past reclaims its hold on Jennifer and binds her to Bessie in a way neither of them could have foreseen.