It’s the mid 1960s, and 18-year-old Katherine finds herself spending a weekend at the Sussex home of her professor of philosophy. She’s been invited by a charming older man. Show more

Katherine has spent the weekend at the home of her professor of philosophy. John Millet, the handsome middle-aged man who invited her, turns out to be an old friend of the Goldmans Show more

As the 1960s draw to a close, Katherine is about to graduate. She continues her secretive romance with Roger Goldman, the son of her philosophy professor. Show more

The late 1960s and Katherine has just started university in London. Meanwhile, Roger Goldman, the eldest son of her professor, who she met in the summer, has begun to write to her. Show more

Katherine is still in Rome. It's the late 1970s, and she has refused the urgings of her married lover, Michele, to have an abortion. Show more

The routine of her job at Jacob’s publisher and domestic life with Jonathan are a happy combination for Katherine, but she has yet to encounter Roger again. Show more

Following Jane’s pragmatic advice that they should get married in order to reassure an adoption agency – Jonathan and Katherine duly become man and wife in a civil ceremony. Show more

It’s the early 1970s and Katherine has left university and the bitter ending of her relationship with Roger Goldman. She has found work teaching English in Rome. Show more

Katherine Brown looks back on the mid 1960s, when she first met the Goldman family, whose lives would become so entwined with her own. Show more

Katherine has returned to London and is recovering from the death of her baby daughter. Fifteen years after first meeting the Goldman family, she has reconnected with them. Show more