![]() ![]() My Policeman is a beautifully written story about the love between three characters in a time when social conventions were to be stuck to and sexual attractions were to be dulled. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. But in an age when those of ‘minority status’ were condemned by society and the law, it is safer for this policeman to marry his teacher. Patrick, a curator at the Brighton Museum, is also besotted with his policeman, and opens Tom’s eyes to a world previously unknown to him. Unable to acknowledge the signs that something is amiss, she plunges into marriage, sure that her love is enough for both of them…īut Tom has another life, another equally overpowering claim on his affections. ![]() When he comes home from National Service to be a policeman, Marion, a newly qualified teacher, is determined to win him. Published in 2012, My Policeman by Bethan Roberts follows young Marion who, from the first time she lays eyes on Tom, is smitten. You considered him, in the same way that others in the room were considering the displays.” ![]() “You were looking at Tom without smiling, with an expression of deep absorption. ![]()
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