Nan is forgetting things. Her family are worried and take her to the doctor. Sure enough, it is dementia. This gentle story charts the sad progress of a common disease with moving insight.
Myra is a new girl at school. Lilly, given the job of showing her around, resents Myra, until she discovers that the new girl has magical powers and is much more interesting than she suspected.
Rosie is annoyed with her father, and her cold new stepmother, who seem uninterested in her. But when she finds herself lost in Paris, things begin to change in her life.
It is the First World War. Meredith's husband is away fighting. One day a stranger appears, a homeless person. Meredith treats him kindly, with truly unexpected consequences.
