Oxford in the swinging sixties - mini skirts, disco dances, budding romances, and ......family matters.

Red haired, quick tempered Bethany Burnett embraces the new era with gusto. A career of her own choice, a shocking pink mini dress, a boyfriend called Bear and driving lessons are all on her agenda - to the consternation of her staid and respectable parents.

But beneath her confident exterior lies a nagging worry - from whom did she inherit her copper-coloured curls? Not from any of her close relatives that's for sure. Adoption could be the answer but Bethany uncovers facts that...