The dark days of the war are over, but the family secrets they held are only just dawning. In the hot summer of 1949, a group of family and friends gather at Harry Denholm's country house in Kent. There's Meg and Dan Ranscombe, emerging from a scandal of their own making; Dan's godmother, Sonia and her two young girls, Laura and Avril. Only one of whom is Sonia's biological daughter. Amid the heat, memories, and infatuations, a secret is revealed to Meg's son, Max. Then a terrible tragedy unfolds that has consequences for them all. 'A great big satisfying saga full of passionate...