Forsaking all Others: Love in Conflict
Forsaking
all Others: Love in Conflict is a heart-warming story of struggle, survival and triumph,
of how Catherine Hadden, reared in wealth, but without love, meets and marries John Finlayson,
a sailor. Marrying a man of a different social class incurs the displeasure of her father.
Through flashbacks, the reader is taken into Catherine’s traumatic life of neglect and abuse
– her mother deserts her at the age of six and they have little contact over the years. She
is discovered to have musical talent, and she becomes the pupil of a renowned singer and
teacher. In 1913 she is converted at a Salvation Army meeting, then becomes a Salvation Army
officer. She and John marry in 1920 and Catherine becomes a teacher of music and singing.
Their son Alex becomes a doctor. During the war Catherine inherits her wealthy aunt’s estate,
‘Prospect Park’ in Sussex, where she falls in love with Andre Devraux, a Canadian Army doctor.
The story draws out the conflict Catherine experiences between loving John and Andre. The
choice she makes affects the lives of everyone.
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