Edwin Ansty died a hero's death in France in 1918. Of that, Laura, his daughter, has been assured by everyone in the village of Ansty Parva. But they are all strangely reluctant to talk about this hero, whose name does not appear on the village war m...
Helen ...
... to Michael, her husband, lonely and reserved, she is both angel and whore. ... to Adrienne, fleeing the destruction of her homeland by the Kaiser's army, she is an unnatural mother.
... to Hector, shell-shocked and tormented, she is...