Into exile

Shortly after leaving Belfast for London, a young couple discover that their marriage is under strain. He is Catholic and she is Protestant, and they have chosen each other despite the divisions that shaped the lives they left behind. Their new life is quickly tested by outside forces that seem determined to pull them apart.

The novel is the second in Joan Lingard's Kevin and Sadie sequence, which follows its two protagonists through the sectarian tensions of Northern Ireland. It suits readers who enjoy character-driven stories about love and loyalty.