We are in dysfunctional family land and Joan Hardwick intends to show us the way, her own path to the Churchill Papers in Cambridge, as she claims, having been blocked. You can, therefore, be sure that this is not going to be a paean in praise of Winston.
Clementine is portrayed as a victim figure from the start.
She had an unconventional, sometimes unhappy childhood. Mitford's, as were their younger siblings, the twins Bill and Nellie. Finally, Hozier caught Blanche in flagrante with another lover and divorced her. The separation of their parents was a shocking experience for Clementine and her sister. The pattern of their lives became haphazard.