Anne Angelo was born in Scotland and was brought up through the harsh days of the 1st World War under a harsh father. She trained as a pharmacist but he refused to allow her to sit the examinations in Edinburgh. She had to get away, and applied as a governess to a family in the north of France. Her position transitioned into running the house as a small private hotel. These gave her many and varied journeys around Europe and North Africa, until once more War approached. She became part of the French Resistance before being betrayed and forced to flee back to Scotland. She survived the War, blissfully married, and shortly afterwards wrote this gripping account.