A Wing And A Prayer

For Mary Callaghan marriage has brought heartaches and disappointment. But with have come joys, the greatest of which are her daughters. And what Mary wants most for her girls is what she never had - a husband who will offer the security her own hard-drinking, free-spending, brash-talking Jack denied her.

But when Daisy confesses she's pregnant, Mary knows the future looks grim, for the father, rough irresponsible Sam O'Grady, makes it clear that marriage is a prison from which he's determined to escape. As Nell watches her sister sink into bitter poverty she begins to question her mother's belief in the sanctity of the vows that bind Daisy into misery.

And as the world around her grows more uncertain, with war more likely by the day, risking all for love seems to Nell a foolish game. Especially when a marriage based on mutual respect and financial security seems to be presenting itself - along with the prospect of the child for which Nell so desperately longs . . .