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“My Policeman ” is a good book that you can read online or download to read it later. Before starting the reading or downloading, here is the summary of the book that you can read.It is in 1950’s Brighton that 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. Patrick is besotted, and 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 must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.In this evocative portrait of midcentury England, Bethan Roberts reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. M. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. My Policeman is a deeply heartfelt story of love’s passionate endurance, and the devastation wrought by a repressive society.

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I didn’t expect a happy little tale … and it’s a good thing. Bethan Roberts paints a sad picture of a romantic triangle in 1950s England, when being gay could literally get you beaten, jailed or killed. The central protagonist, Marion, is hopelessly in love with Tom, beginning in her early teens, although no romance develops at that time. Apparently no other man ever enters her mind, despite years of separation. That’s sad enough to begin with. When they reconnect as adults, a still-smitten Marion sets out to win Tom, although he’s rarely much more than friendly. When they finally start actually dating, Tom’s new friend Patrick often comes along, and Tom looks pretty enamored of Patrick. The first quarter of the book ends with Tom proposing to Marion at last … in Patrick’s apartment, thoughtfully lent to Tom for the occasion. Warning bells, anyone? we already know that Tom and Patrick are involved, and the next section of the book tells Patrick’s side of the story. He’s already come to terms with his sexuality in a way that Tom hasn’t yet, and his attitude toward Marion is friendly on the outside but calculating on the inside. This makes a lot of his actions less than sympathetic. But admittedly, he’s in a no-win situation himself, and his narrative is more interesting than Marion’s.