London is in ruins, and the war is almost over, when Gracie Turner and her neighbour, Jessie Tucker, decide to relocate to Sussex on the South Coast of England, where a couple of railway carriages lie empty and abandoned. Mr. Turner and Mr. Tucker are still away, fighting in the war. Will they return? It was a question asked by many, though life was scarcely better in London, where the search for shelter from the bombing raids became a nightly...