That’s all we needed. Eleanor was already drug addict. Now she’s pregnant. Her mother, Ruth, will look after the newborn and bring it up. Maybe she’ll succeed with the granddaughter what she failed with the daughter. Lily is an adorable, lively, smiling baby. The last thing we want is to make the same mistakes all over again. What went wrong between Ruth and Eleanor? Why don’t they see each other anymore?

It’s not just the drugs. Ruth, who teaches at LondonThe child’s mother, with a touching, attentive tenderness and a panic-stricken fear of doing the wrong thing. Between classes, she walks on eggshells. The baptism scene touches the heart. The pastor looks at this strange family with a flabbergasted expression. Ruth has a colleague, Jeane, who is quite a character. She has no sympathy for Eleanor, her lies, her little betrayals. Lily is growing up. Her encounters with her mother are short and to the point. Of the two, she is the more mature teenager.