After serving in the British Army Lewiss grandfather founded the Victory Barber Shop in Manchester in 1945 as a tribute to all things Great and British. But thr... » 

After serving in the British Army Lewiss grandfather founded the Victory Barber Shop in Manchester in 1945 as a tribute to all things Great and British. But three generations later in 2004 the shop is being attacked by antiwar protesters and Lewis isnt sure what side hes on any more. He spends half his time trying to save his broken family and the other half trying to escape it his walls are full of pictures of glamorous places he wants to go and his head full of dreams of adventures hed like to have. So when he receives an invitation from a woman signing herself CC to join the international charity Hope for Newborns designed to help you repair your own damaged life and the lives of others he finds it impossible to resist. Soon hes keeping secrets breaking the law and imagining something much bigger than escape.... «