My policeman / Bethan Roberts.

"First published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, 2012"--T.p. verso.

"An exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. In 1950's Brighton, Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier, and Marion is smitten--determined her love alone will be enough for them both. A few years later near the Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom. Besotted with him, he opens Tom's eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world of art, travel, and beauty. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion and meet Patrick in secret. The two lovers share him until one of them breaks, and three lives are destroyed. The author reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. M. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. A deeply heartfelt story of love's passionate endurance and the devastation wrought by a repressive society"--Abridged from publisher description.