A ruthless need /
Catherine Cookson.
- 1995.
- London : Bantam Press, 1995.
- 301 p. ; 25 cm.
- The Catherine Cookson collection .
In 1943, soldier Geoff Fulton returns to County Durham after having been wounded in the desert war. Embittered by his experiences, he is barely recognizable as the caring man who rescued Lizzie from poverty and deprivation.