All Her Own: Mary will not be broken.

It’s 1950, while surviving the horrors of WWII in London, Mary, an uneducated and naïve young English girl meets Charlie. They fall deeply in love, a love made stronger by the birth of a daughter.

When Charlie is away for work, Mary gets lonely and succumbs to the wiles of Archie, an egotistical Scot. Charlie discovers the deceit and is unforgiving, he leaves her. Mary is distraught and inconsolable.

Pregnant with Archie’s child, guilt riddled and afraid, she moves to Scotland with him. They live in a one room rat-infested condemned building in a Glasgow slum.

Archie proves to be foul mouthed and abusive, but Mary is stoic, she won’t be downtrodden, and is determined to rise above this poverty to give a healthy, productive life for her children. She has a plan.

Against all odds Mary Bray succeeds … with an outcome she could never have imagined.

This is DIANE DEEMING's fiction debut novel. She was born in England, growing up in Glasgow Scotland, before immigrating to Melbourne Australia in 1966. Her novel is inspired by her mother, plus stories and places from her memories. It has taken some 17 years and determination, to finish. She has had a lengthy career in Sales and Marketing with Ansett Airlines lasting 28 years. A second career in fundraising at The Alfred hospital stretched to 16 years.She met her husband Ron Clifft in 2006 at a music venue where he played guitar and she sang. In 2017 they eloped, getting married on a clifftop in Queenscliff Victoria. Diane and Ron continue with their music, playing golf, and loving life on the beautiful Mornington Peninsular.This story encompasses three decades traversing England Scotland and Australia,