Kate Murray's father had never forgiven her for
being born a girl. Her elder sister, Judith, he had accepted - after
all, she was a pretty child and the next one would be a boy. But
when Kate arrived, scrawny, red-haired, under-weight, he was told
there would be no more children, no son and heir, and from that
moment his hatred for his younger child was born. Kate, growing up
in a world of constant rejection, seeing the way her Lancashire
'respectable poor' family tried to hide the cracks of a bad and
violent marriage, determined to find a life - a world - where she
was loved, was successful - where people were proud of her. It took
several years, several astounding and unusual developments, and a
great deal of courage before Kate became the woman she wanted to be
- successful, warm, forgiving, and able to give the love she had so
lacked in her own life. |