"It's 1943. When Babs Scott is left homeless, after losing her beloved parents in an air raid, The Land Army offers her a new life away from the bombed streets of Rotherhithe. Working on a farm in Sussex, with the support of fellow Land Girl Lydi Wells, Babs starts to heal. But the arrival of Gino and Demetrio, two Italian prisoners of war, undermines her safe world. And then Pete, an RAF rear gunner, whom she has fallen in love with, dies and Babs is once again grief-stricken. Back in Rotherhithe after the war, a foolish mistake one night changes Babs' life for ever. She fears she has lost her one chance of happiness, but a letter from abroad offers an unexpected ray of hope ..."--Publisher description.