Dot King 
History Teacher 

Josie, the heroine of the book, becomes a history teacher. She marries Addy and conceives a daughter before he dies. Having read the letters written from Malaya by her great-great-aunt in 1900, she learns about a disease that repeats itself in her daughter, requiring radical surgery. She becomes emotionally involved with the paediatrician who looks after her daughter. Read about their love story.