An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian POWs to work on their farm. Soon, Janie falls in love with one of them...
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.
