The Lake District, 1948. When Chrissie Kemp arrives to visit her grandmother Georgia, she is not prepared for the shocking revelation which will throw her family into turmoil. Chrissie is at first enthralled as her grandmother recounts her youth in San Francisco, including the moment she fell for handsome British sailor Ellis Cowper and her unwilling betrothal to cruel businessman Drew Kemp. Perhaps there are parallels in Chrissie’s own life as she encounters Ben Gorran, who seems far more appealing than the dull boyfriend she has left behind in London.
But there is something missing from Georgia’s story, something Chrissie’s own mother refuses to tell. As the truth unfurls, the passion, emotion and astounding love that blossomed in San Francisco forty years earlier is revealed, and three generations of one family are tested to their limits.
A great read by Freda Lightfoot.