For Love Alone

Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society and her father in particular She fancies her povertystricken Latin tutor Johnathan Crow without realising he merely considers her a pleasant diversion and nothing more and eventually follows him from Sydney to London En route she meets the gentle banker James Quick Whilst navigating her relationships in London including with a political poet bound for the Spanish Civil War she experiences a transformation in her understanding of love Based upon Christina Steads bestselling Australian novel