What She Had To Do

A desperate choice, made by young Imogene Sayle during the rigors of postwar England, triggers shockwaves through three generations of a family. Fifty years later, Imogene’s daughter Penelope, married and living in California, learns of her mother’s terminal illness. Despite a toxic childhood, Penelope is driven by an abiding love for her beautiful, imperious, destructive mother, and returns to England to care for her. The story, told from Penelope’s point of view, is set in San Francisco a...