Lydia Farmer is rich, free of ties and living in Cape Town, but longs to return to England where her father and stepmother live. Lydia's mother, Syb, lives in New York and is certain Lydia will be disappointed if she expects to find a welcome in England. Syb is right -- Lydia's stepmother Vida is against even the thought of her coming home. But Lydia has a knack of changing the lives of all those with whom she comes into contact...