In this brilliantly witty, caustic yet compassionate novel, Fay Weldon explores the lives of three friends: majorie, grace and chloe, who met as children during the evacuation of waretime London. Their unusual friendship...In this brilliantly witty, caustic yet compassionate novel, Fay Weldon explores the lives of three friends: majorie, grace and chloe, who met as children during the evacuation of waretime London. Their unusual friendship survives despite shared lovers, turbulent marriages, and clamoring children.