An Equal Stillness

Jennet Mallow is born in Yorkshire in the 1920s but her interest in art alienates her from her ultra-conservative family. Jennet moves to London in search of a more exciting life and finds it in her new environment and in the handsome and enigmatic figure of the painter David Feaver. Forced to marry when Jennet falls pregnant, the young couple struggles to make ends meet and Jennet finds that her home life is gradually eroding everything she has fought to achieve. Aware that David is becoming increasingly reliant on drink and tired of the dank bedsit in which they live, Jennet suggests they move to Spain. There, the bright blue skies, warm air and sunlit beaches give the couple and their children a new lease of life. Jennet begins to paint again but as Jennet's own career begins to take off, her relationship with David sours and the two enter a destructive spiral with tragic consequences.