Warp and Weft by Merryn Fergusson

In Warp and Weft a Leicestershire mill owner’s uneventful life is set to change. His daughter Veeve discovering her husband’s infidelity, demands a divorce. When Veeve is told to stay in France to avoid the scandal, Ruth, her younger sister, refuses to abandon her. The outbreak of the First World War severs the friendship between the sisters, with tragic consequences. Ruth returns from Paris with her three year old son and thirteen year old nephew, Veeve’s son. She is stubbornly silent about her war years. One man is determined to uncover her secret and the build up to the Second World War gives him his opportunity.

About the author

Merryn Fergusson is a retired physiotherapist who has written Vertigo and the Vagus Nerve, a study of dizziness and What’s Wrong with ME, a diary of their son’s illness and recovery when he was a teenager with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. She has lived and worked in Cornwall and Scotland and on the death of her husband Alex, moved to South East London. This is her first novel.