For years now, the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever. This novel captures the intensity of childhood longing and delight, and the shifting complexity of adult relationships. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever; but as the First World War looms, the integrity of family and society will be fatally challenged.
