Suffolk

Suffolk is Naomi Fullerton’s former home and the setting of the marital betrayal that drives her departure. After learning that Graham has maintained a relationship with another woman for years, Naomi says she cannot continue living in the county; leaving it means breaking with the place where her family life had been built.

Naomi’s Departure

Naomi travels from Suffolk to visit Rachel Elliot, where the contrast between her former life and Rachel’s professional success sharpens her regret over giving up her media-planning career. She has left Suffolk for good, explaining that Graham now lives only a few miles away with the woman he has been seeing. The affair is widely known locally, making the county itself a reminder of the humiliation she wants to escape.

From Suffolk to London

Naomi and her children are staying with her parents in London while she works out what to do next. Her departure is therefore both a response to Graham’s betrayal and an unsettled transition: she has left Suffolk, but has not yet established a new independent life. The move also underscores the material limits shaping her choices, since she says that caring for the children leaves her financially dependent on a man she no longer loves.