"It's an ill wind..." Born into WW1, Dorothy has a
bleak childhood under the iron fist of an implacable mother and the
silent compliance of a browbeaten father. Her escape is achieved
just before the disastrous advent of Hitler, and there is further
tragedy to come. Follow her through childhood and adolescence, then
on into her twenties when, finally made whole, she wins her own
battle for freedom, for love, and for her own place in the world. |