"In the years immediately after World War II, families all over England are starting to rebuild their lives. Sebastian Crawley's four children, living in Yorkshire with their mother, Celia, must come to terms with the fact that their parents' marriage is a hollow sham and that their gentle, loving father will never be happy until he is free of his harsh, censorious wife. His youngest daughter, Felicity, determines that she will somehow achieve this."--Jacket.