The Intimate Stranger

Twenty-one year old unmarried Rhona Martin must find a way to tell her mother she is pregnant without breaking her heart. She lives in fear of her father finding out and throwing her into the street. It tells of the sexual abuse by a neighbour she trusted. The relationship with her younger sister Paula and how her father disowned her when she married out of her religion. How her best friend Tina talks her into going to the corner beer pub where she meets a tall blonde well built male and falls in love. It is the story of their relationship and what ensues when she finds out she is pregnant. With Tina’s help Rhona has an abortion but finds out later when it didn’t work that it was a scam. She then decides to keep the baby. When her mother finds out that her daughter is pregnant She tells her she must give the baby up for adoption. She is forced to hide in her bedroom for the last three months of her pregnancy so that her father wont find out.Her trip alone to the hospital alone and in labour, The unforgivable way she was treated by the nurses when they found out she was unmarried caused her much pain and depression. Two months after giving birth Rhona was thrown into a tailspin when her mother told her she was pregnant. Through a flood of tears and heart felt emotions they were both able to release the pain they were caring for each other.