He had been born and brought up poor. Still poor he had married -

a wartime wedding. Quiet. Mary his wife came from the same street

and was quietly happy. That was her ambition: to be quietly happy and

live where they'd always lived.

But then he started to become successful. A job turned into a career

and the career demanded a move and another. Mary more and more

unhappy watched as he grew away from her and the background they

shared. Where he saw new interests she saw pretensions. Where he

saw opportunity she saw upheaval. Physically together they were splitting

apart.

And then he met Sally...

THE CHOICE is a masterly examination of what causes people to make the

decisions they make and what the repercussions can be.