For free spirit Ena Rose, the daughter of Ailsa Rose, growing up in Glen Affric has been idyllic. But womanhood looms; she faces tormenting questions of the heart -- and a love that can never be. Then there are the women whose destinies hay unfolded over decades and eras: Maki. Rose, warm and wise who binds the family together . . . Ailsa, who found boundless, happiness in her daughter, Ena . . . Wan Lian, who after leaving'. China is driven by soul-consuming sorrow and anger at the death of her loved ones . . . and Genevra Townsend, who finds amongst the exotic dangers of India an inner serenity that will enable her to return at last to Glen Affric.
