In 1939, family and friends gather to forget their fears about the impending war. Nine-year-old Olivia watches the grown-ups with fascination, then Olivia sees something she isn't meant to and when the truth comes out, it reverberates through the generations. Almost fifty years later, Olivia has fallen ill and urges her daughter, Charlotte, to visit Greyfriars. There is something her great aunts want to share with Charlotte, but in order to truly understand their secret Charlotte must first understand what happened to them before and during the war . . .
