Breaking the Rules

'Mary de Laszlo is particularly good on children; she expertly conveys the turbulence of their emotions.' - LITERARY REVIEW In the bestselling tradition of Rosamund Pilcher, a sharply poignant novel of family lives. Growing up watching her father tire of a steady stream of wives, mistresses and, heartbreakingly, his children, Cecily Forester learnt that when a man grows bored with a woman he'll leave her. Which is perhaps why she chose to marry solidly reliable Edmund. But as Cecily nears middle age, she finds herself cast loose from the marriage she believed would last forever. When the emotional loss of her husband is followed by devastating financial disaster, Cecily begins to see that breaking the rules bred into her since girlhood may be the only way to survive...


Genre: General Fiction