Publisher's Synopsis
Britain has declared war on Germany and Flora, Hilda and Will, who grew up together in St Boniface orphanage, discuss a very uncertain future. Will means to go off to fight; Hilda hopes to better her current lot in life as a maid: Flora is content with her job as assistant to Doctor Tapper. It soon becomes clear that the war will not be over by Christmas, and the first zeppelin raids bring casualties flooding into the surgery where Flora works. As tragedy strikes in the trenches, too, Hilda takes herself away from London. Her choices will change the course of the three orphans' lives forever.
