As World War II rages, Olivia Ord, an educated London woman, and her young children Amelia and Stephen shelter in bucolic Devon.
The consequences reve.
Twenty months later, though, as a result of bad advice and miscommunication, they are in East Africa where they are inexorably drawn into the dying embers of colonial life.
After V-E Day, her husband Craig returns from military duty and the family reunites in the city, where the four of them share the highest of hopes for their future together.
As World War II rages, Olivia Ord, an educated London woman, and her young children Amelia and Stephen shelter in bucolic Devon