Holding steady

Omnibus edition incorporating Theme for a Summer, Reunion and Holding Steady, originally titled Make and Mend.
Theme for a Summer, set in the summer of 1961, tells of the tragedy and heartbreak which ensues when an influx of new men arrive in a small Hertfordshire village, ad not only for Bridie Burdock and Sean Donovan.
Reunion, set in 1966, covers the first few months after Bridie and Sean meet up again.
Holding Steady - marry in haste - but Bridie's repentance is for what happens outwith her marriage.
One that Got away, set in 1945, has Bridie age three months the tale is that of her mother coming to terms with her failed marriage and finding happiness elsewhere.