A House Divided

by Catherine Cookson

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At the end of the Second World War, decorated officer Matthew Wallingham leaves hospital blind and uncertain what place remains for him in civilian life. His nurse Liz has helped him through the first stages of recovery, but returning to the family estate exposes illness, an unhappy marriage and resentment from the younger brother who managed the farm throughout the war.

Matthew begins searching for useful work and for the independence that sympathy cannot provide. His growing attachment to Liz offers hope, yet the danger attached to her past follows her into the Wallingham household and turns a divided family’s private tensions towards violence.