The L-Shaped Room insults her to the extent that Jane determines to have the child. She and Toby (Bell) start a romance, which is disrupted when he learns that she is pregnant by a previous suitor. They try to work things out, but he is also unhappy with his lack of income or success as a writer. Jane befriends the other residents and they help her when she goes into labour. Toby visits her in the hospital and gives her a copy of his new book, called "The L-Shaped Room". After leaving the hospital, Jane journeys home to her parents in France, saying
Carolyn Banks published by Fawcett and reprinted by Amber Quill Press include: "Death by Dressage", "Groomed for Death", "Death on the Diagonal", "Murder Well Bred" and "A Horse to Die For". In 2007, Amber Quill also reprinted a 1995 literary novel Banks wrote entitled "The Turtle's Voice". The novel was the winner of the 1995 Austin Book Award. Banks is listed in "Contemporary Authors," Vol. 105 and is a member of Author's Guild and the Texas Institute of Letters. In 2000, Banks founded a nonprofit organization called Upstart, Inc., a media arts organization that brings in experts to teach screenwriting, production and