As spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned fo
r September. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has car
ed for most in her long life. The oldest, strongest and wisest of them all, she
sees Alexa, her vulnerable granddaughter, find love for the first time, while th
e decision to send her little grandson away to school is driving parents Edmund
and Virginia even further apart.
