Jacob’s mother, is long-suffering, but optimistic, despite the problems sent her way throughout the story and maintains a strong belief in her morals.

Unbending, the single mother carries her many burdens with stoic dignity, with the unshaken belief that all will be well one day.

How is she able to remain so serene and calm-a widow with a paralysed daughter and teenage son on a civil servants salary?

What is the chink in her amour?

Bibi Bright is Frimpomah