Christine Elford gives up her life in London for a simpler and more rewarding one in a beautiful house overlooking a remote Cornish bay. But before long she begins to feel that she does not have the house to herself, and uncovers a tragedy dating back to the trauma of the First World War. A subtle and moving tale, in which the story Christine uncovers is deftly interwoven with the her own anxieties about the choices she has made.