In this, the sequel to WALNUT SHELL DAYS, Eileen Ramsay continues to interweave the affairs of the different families who have come through all the changes of the first quarter of the 20th century in northeast Scotland.

Victoria , married to Eddie, has two daughters and they live on her grandfather's farm. Catriona , Victoria 's mother is expanding her business interests to include a garage to service cars that are replacing horse-drawn vehicles, and at the same time is trying to bring up her self-centred son.

In Mexico , a young man who has been reared in a Convent, following the death of his parents leaves to live with a music teacher, under the patronage of his uncle, but it is not long before another change in his fortunes results in him travelling to Scotland . There he meets the son of Lord and Lady Inchmarnock, recently returned from Australia, and the friends from widely different backgrounds come together and their lives become more closely intertwined than ever until the Second World War and all that brings.

This is a wonderful story of ordinary and not so ordinary people, loveable characters, who love each other and support each other through grief and joy.