One Woman

An English novel, the second part of “a Romance of Sussex”. In 1908, in a seaside town in the south of England, Ruth, a former housemaid, marries Ernie Caspar, a working man who raises little Alice, born before their marriage, as his own daughter. The years pass: more children are born, Ernie loses his job, and the rent is owed to Alf, Ernie’s brother, who still desires Ruth. Joe Burt, a trade unionist from the North, falls in love with her. Strikes spread and the fear of war grows until the summer of 1914. A sensitive portrait of a strong and faithful working-class woman.