This is the autobiography of Alys Rickett, born into the Acworth family in 1930. The Acworths historically are a family of high achievers and in the process of telling her own story, we learn something from Alys of the lives of her great-grandparents, her grandparents, her father and his sisters. During the Second World War, with her mother and brother, Alys was evacuated initially to Canada, and from there she went to America where, by happy chance, her mother was introduced to another distinguished family, the Bakers of Providence, Rhode Island. Harvey Baker was a highly respected lawyer...