Marriage to Paul, a respected writer, would rescue Diana from her hellish family life. But a few weeks before their wedding, she realized that was no basis for married life. And Paul, a busy man wrapped up in his own work, didn't see what was happening - nor was he there the day she ran away.
Now Diana was coming back home. In a few short years, she'd become wiser and more sophisticated. She had changed and the home she was returning to had changed. But what about Paul? Would he ever understand why she had left - and would his pride allow him to forgive her ...?
Iris Bromige was born in 1912, and as adult lived in Surrey, England. Her hobbies were gardening, collecting gramaphone records of opera and the classics, colour photography and bird-watching. She also enjoyed country walking with her husband and their dog, listening to music, going to the opera and trying to play the piano.
She was popular for her many novels, particularly those about the Courtland and Rainwood families.
I used to love Iris Bromige books. They remind me of DE Stevenson, Elizabeth Cadell, and Agnes Sligh Turnbull. Gentle romances, old fashioned, and set in simpler times.
This book is about a woman named Diana that ran away from an engagement in part because of her domineering father. When he dies five years later, she returns home to her small Welsh town and sees her ex-fiancé again. He's very much not forgiven her and frankly takes too long to forgive her. Diana however, has grown up during the five years she was gone and has learned a lot about herself.
This wasn't my favorite Iris Bromige book, but it was good enough. 3.5 stars.