It is nearly thirty years after Fliss, Mole and Susannah arrived in Devon from Kenya and much has changed since then. However, The Keep remains a sanctuary for the whole family:warm, unchanging, filled with love.

Now mistress of The Keep, Fliss finds it hard to fill the place of her beloved Grandmother, especially as she has many doubts about her own life. Mole has settled into his second family—the navy—and Susannah, always the baby, is now a wife and mother herself.
Winning Through

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