Having inherited the shop from his uncle, its business as usual for Granville at Arkwrights corner shop
An unusual alliance develops between Diana Trent, a cynical retired photojournalist and Tom Ballard, a former accountant, while staying at the Bayview Retirement Home
After the Japanese invasion of Singapore in February 1942, a group of British, Dutch and Australian women are held in a Japanese internment camp on a Japanese occupied island between Singapore and Australia