![]() The story came to me quite quickly once Hammer had asked me to write a novel for them. Please tell us about the inspiration for the story? I see her as a woman who cannot truly shine in the era in which she lives, though Gregory does appreciate her true qualities as, ultimately, do her children. In her desire for Gregory, she takes her eye off what is really happening to her daughters. She makes mistakes, yet I sympathise with her. I saw her very clearly from the beginning – yet she wasn’t based on anyone I know: in fact, she was one of those rare characters who arrive fully formed. The novel is set in 1963, before the ‘swinging sixties’ took over, and Rowena is educated and beautiful, but repressed by being a wife during this era, and a mother of five. ![]() Rowena is very much a woman of her time, yet in some ways ahead of her time. ![]()
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