Beryl P Brown

May's Boys Beryl P Brown

May Sheppard was widowed before the Second World War and believed she would never be a mother. Evacuee, Cliff, has brought her the joy of temporary motherhood but, with peace on the horizon, the prospect of his cold-hearted mother taking him back to a life in the city he barely remembers looms over them. Their dream of adoption to become a family takes a staggering turn when May is forced into an undertaking for which they are ill-equipped and unprepared. The prejudice of vindictive villagers adds to May and Cliff's struggle to cope with a life that is changed for ever...