Product Description
Just a One Night Stand is a powerful novel set in mid-1960s England. It tells the story of unmarried nineteen-year-old Marion McKenzie who finds herself pregnant after drunken sex with Martin Corrigan, a farmer's son. He goes to Cambridge University unaware of his paternity. Once she realises she is pregnant, Marion is forced to confess her plight to her fiance, Simon Thompson. Furious and unwilling to father another man's child, he gives her an ultimatum... him or the baby. Too afraid to tell her divorced parents, Marion is faced with a life-changing dilemma. What will she do?
Just a One Night Stand will deftly propel you back to an era characterised by stigma and religious conservatism - a far cry from the social mores of liberal 21st Century Britain. The story will either leave you relieved that attitudes have changed or wondering if perhaps liberalism has gone too far. For Marion, the 60s were anything but swinging.
Just a One Night Stand will deftly propel you back to an era characterised by stigma and religious conservatism - a far cry from the social mores of liberal 21st Century Britain. The story will either leave you relieved that attitudes have changed or wondering if perhaps liberalism has gone too far. For Marion, the 60s were anything but swinging.
About the Author
David Makinson was born in London in 1964. He now lives near Bolton in Lancashire with his wife, Chris and Giles, his son from his first marriage. Survivor of two complex childhood heart surgeries, David continues to tick off his list of ambitions, which so far has included flying a plane, building and riding motorcycles, dog-sledging in the Rockies, learning to play two musical instruments, tasting some of the world's finest wines and watching his son score three centuries at cricket. David sold his share of a business in 2008, enabling him to fulfill his greatest ambition - to write a novel. Just a One Night Stand is his debut novel. Learn more at www.davidmakinson.com
