At the age of nineteen Kitty Mc Carthy has decided she is going to live a life less ordinary
- although she doesnt know quite how to go about it. What she does know is that she doesnt want to get married & raise children in Liverpool like her elder sisters: Claire who is a mother-hen easy-going Norah & elegant Aileen. But Kittys resolve is tested by the unexpected direction her life takes. The combination of an impetuous youthful decision & a chance meeting twenty years later are to have momentous repercussions that will stay with her forever & it is her sisters who are the constant thread when other relationships come & go. They know her best they say & in the end they know whats best for her
- although Kitty would almost certainly disagree...