Lucy has lived with her grandparents at Pheasant Cottage since she was a little girl, but she has dim memories of someone else. Who was it?

Lucy, why do you live with your granny? Why don't you have a proper mummy and daddy like everybody else? Suddenly I knew that the question had been there a long time, buried deep and never asked, and that there was no answer.

One of St. John's shorter novels, but one of my favorites growing up. Still, I missed a great deal of the forgiveness theme among the adults in the story. I was delighted when rereading it as an adult and found that it weathered well.