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My Policeman It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both. A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world. Full descriptionRead More

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    From the moment Marion first lays eyes on Tom - her best friend's big brother broad blond blue-eyed - she is smitten. And when he comes home from National Service to be a policeman Marion a newly qualified teacher is determined to win him. Unable to acknowledge the signs that something is amiss she plunges into marriage sure that her love is enough for both of them...But Tom has another life another equally overpowering claim on his affections. 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. 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. The two lovers must share him until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. Unfolding through the dual narratives of Marion and Patrick both writing about the man at the centre of their lives this beautifully-told painful tragic story is revealed. It is a tale of wasted years misguided love and thwarted hope of how at a time when the country was on the verge of change so much was still impossible.Bethan Roberts has produced an intense and exquisitely raw yet tender novel which proves her to be one of our most exciting young writers.

  • Foyles

    The inspiration for the 2022 film My Policeman, starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin. Discover an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both. A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.

  • TheBookPeople

    It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both. A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.

  • BookDepository

    My Policeman : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099555254 : 0099555255 : 01 Apr 2014 : An exquisitely told tragic tale of thwarted love, My Policeman is soon to be adapted into film by Amazon Prime starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin. It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom.

  • 0099555255
  • 9780099555254
  • Bethan Roberts
  • 2 August 2012
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
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