When her beloved grandfather dies in 1958 Polly Merton is forced to share herhome with a woman she scarcely knowsthe mother who abandoned her. SadieMerton glamo... » 

When her beloved grandfather dies in 1958 Polly Merton is forced to share herhome with a woman she scarcely knowsthe mother who abandoned her. SadieMerton glamorous and selfish has her own set of morals and Polly is appalledby her scandalous lifestyle. Ashamed and resentful she takes refuge in herfriends and her college studies. Then Pollys love of France takes her toParis. And after a chance encounter her life will never be the same again.Prizewinning novelist Margaret Kaine brilliantly evokes the way of life of abygone era a time when the tragic memories of wartime were at last giving wayto a new generations hopes and dreams. «