. Being sent to in the small town of Milnathort, in Kinross Shire, is the most exhilarating thing that's ever happened to young Margaret Law. She sharpens her on her , Jessie Morison, till Jessie becomes an orphan and is spirited away to become a whether poorly or well-written, are a They keep the girls in touch and maintain their When Margaret's parents' business suddenly collapses her are shattered. She must find a job. - or - comes via her Jessie whose employer seeks a for his disabled daughter. The exploring with Jessie is great fun, but the increasing and other claws at Margaret's Growing up, Margaret finds, comes with many . She worries about her , and the . Margaret's natural over what makes a between a couple gets in the way of a is instilled in her but she finds, to her utter surprise, that not all adults play the game that they ! And a life of might not mean a When befalls the household in Edinburgh, the of Margaret's crumbles. Shouldering a heavy burden of she must - though will that be and doing what?