Felicia 's Journey takes place behind the eyes of its central a young Irish girl , Felicia , who crosses the sea to England in a hopeful quest to find the father of her unborn child ; and the fat , middle-aged catering manager , Hiditch , who takes a paternal interest in the lass when it becomes clear that her young man has caddishly given her the slip .
The woman did not care where the man was as long as it was far .