What was it like to work as a missionary in Taiwan in the 1970s? This is the story of the interlocking lives of four such people. Rose, a Blackburn girl, is fun-loving, but has to adapt to a more regimented existence as she cares for the girls in a seminary and gets involved in their problems. Peter, son of not very caring parents in Keswick, is involved mainly with Chinese students but partly with the American community: he has to decide whether to marry an old flame or look for another relationship. Alleyne, an American bur born to missionary parents in China, is very 'old school' and...