Publisher's Synopsis
West London, 1920. The Great War is over and former land girl Clara Tripp is back home with her family. Although she's working and engaged to local boy Arnold, Clara longs for country life. She's thrilled when old flame Charlie Fenner offers her temporary work at his family orchard in Kent. She goes, taking her little brother, Cuddy. But living with the Fenners gives her reason to suspect that something isn't right... After a traumatic accident forces Clara and Cuddy to extend their stay, Clara makes a discovery that threatens to tear the Fenner family apart. And, struggling with forbidden feelings for Charlie, she's drawn into a darker conflict of guilt, shame and greed - she fears there is no way out...