The long journey home

Whitfield, Jenny2016

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Summary

'The Long Journey Home' tells the story of Josie, who was abandoned at birth and brought up in a children's home. Her childhood is happy until she is 15, when she has a distressing experience with a man which leads to her running away. Being a determined young woman, she finds work and somewhere to live. Her life improves, however she remains wary of men. Her life changes when she goes on holiday to Spain with a friend. There she meets a young waiter, Manuel, who tries to befriend her, but she shuns his advances. Despite this, she is bewitched by the country, and vows to return. One year later, she fulfils her promise and starts to build a new life there, where she meets Manuel again. This time she cannot help but fall in love with him. However, their relationship is doomed from the start. Manuel's mother strongly disapproves of their relationship, and does everything she can to sabotage it.