REPARATION After a traumatic childhood, the main characters are against marriage, because of past events. Despite being left to fend for herself at sixteen, Bethany Browne manages to get the education she desires and becomes an Accountant with the help of a friend she met in nursery school. James Castleton also despite a very troublesome childhood, without the help of grandparents who care only for themselves manages to get on in the world, as he cares for his brother who was badly injured in a road accident. AN OUNCE OF DISCRETION A family story set in the English Lake District, including changes of circumstance, misunderstandings, indiscretions and danger in the rock climbing world.