The Promise of Happiness
Author: Justin Cartwright
The Judds, formerly of London N1, now scattered, are about to be thrown together again by the eldest child Juliet’s release from prison in New York. The family is devastated by Juliet’s conviction for art theft. The nature of this theft and the reasons for it plague all the protagonists. For Charles, the father, it is challenge to his sense of rightness and proof of the di….Read More
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