
"Imagine a summer in paradise with nothing to do except everything your heart desires."
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.
Edward Pettigrew

Gamma MacIntosh

Aunt Heloise

Moira 'Mumsie' Pettigrew

Uncle Morris MacIntosh

Fraser Pettigrew
Gabriel Chenoux

Elspeth Pettigrew

Rollo
Finlay
Brenda Pettigrew
Meg
Jim Skelly

Jim Menzies

Andrew Burns

Uncle Crawford

Aunt Eunice
Doctor Gebbie

Lillian