Amber Penrys sheltered childhood with her grandmother in their small Falmouthcottage is shattered by the outbreak of World War II and the arrival of DollyNash a... » 

Amber Penrys sheltered childhood with her grandmother in their small Falmouthcottage is shattered by the outbreak of World War II and the arrival of DollyNash a London evacuee who is billeted on them for the duration of the war.Resentful and wary of one another at first and as different as chalk andcheese the two girls gradually become firm friends a friendship whichstrengthens as the war drags on and they blossom into beautiful young women.But their friendship is to be put to the sternest of tests when both girls fallfor the same man boatbuilders son Luke Gillam. As the old jealousies andresentments resurface a confrontation seems likely. «