The main theme of this family drama is a middle-aged mother's obsession with a child she gave up for unofficial adoption when she was seventeen. The novel is set on present day Dartmoor with flashbacks to the 1960s. The free and easy hippie atmosphere of that period is well conveyed as is the rural wildness of the location. An enjoyable, if at times slightly tongue in cheek, saga focussing especially on mother-daughter relationships.
