Comfort Katey-Jones lives with her mother Margaret, who is separated from Comforts' father, a Ghanaian. When Margaret is killed in a road accident, Comfort is sent to live with her mothers parents in the country. During her short time living with her grandparents, Comfort finds it difficult to fit in with the children of the village but is befriended by Lettie, a local girl. Then Comfort receives a letter from her father in Ghana asking her to go to him. This book is about Comfort's new life in Africa and how she copes with life in a different culture.