Broken Armour — Leila MacKinlay

As a daughter, Ellina was definitely an embarrassment. A fervent follower of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, she was out of sympathy with her parents, both of whom had war records in the Services. Thus Ellina was relieved when it was her grandmother, who had been one of the foremost suffragettes in her day and whom Ellina both loved and admired, who met her at the prison entrance. Despite her alleged toughness, the past three months had taken their toll, and as the little car made its way out of London Ellina thought with pleasure of the countryside. But she could not hide away for ever, and the ensuing conflict with her ideals is further complicated by the opposing characters of Clyde and Gordon.