sons and lovers

[Akuetteh]

what are the factors that kept the Morel family together ispite of their differences

[Virgil]

Divorce wasn't common in that day.

[Gladys]

Pious Christians frowned on divorce.


The divorced were almost a social outcasts.


The family stayed together 'for the children'.


Blood is thicker than water.


With few woman working, the wife relied on the husband for income.

[jepheroo]

I think the family stayed together because they had to. Times were tough for a mining family. They only gained a level of financial security when the children were grown.