mother in 1983. Pip hadn’t even been born until 1989, but she instinctively felt that the stigma Evelyn faced, particularly in a small, conservative town, would have been challenging. There was something about the way Evelyn described their days that made it sound like it was her and Scarlet against the world. What was also crystal clear was that Evelyn’s sister Joan didn’t approve of the situation, or of anything about Evelyn’s life. There were rarely any kind words for her in the diary.
