| At 18, Rhiannon McLellan feels that shehas outgrown the familiar figures andlandscapes of Tinton, the Welsh villagewhere life has stood still, at least since thedeath of her brother six years ago. But eacdetermined step in Rhiannon sdevelopment somehow takes her furtherfrom the fulfilment she is seeking. AnEnglish university promises escape fromconfusion and repression, and so, in a moreimmediate way, does her young English artteacher. She has no guide, only a restlessdesire for illuminating experience.In contrast Ruth, the younger sister,a placid plump schoolgirl, willinglyaccepts her fate and her Welshness, andunselfconsciously achieves the harmonythat eludes Rhiannon. Ruth marries a locaboy and within a year has become acontented housewife, leaving Rhiannonisolated, with her family sundered and hercountry in limbo between the habit ofdependence and the promise ofindependence. |
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