What happens to a young couple when the first flush of love fades? Alice and Amos Bell marry in 1925, when flappers and jazz prosper. But their struggle increase with the depression, followed by the World War II years. Amos Bell does not deal with the stormy relationships with his children or his wife.
Alice and her sister are ardent suffragists who live by their own rules, while their world overflows with parties, music, and dancing. As Alice’s illness declines as Amos’ infidelity dramas explode, with the German bombs dropping on Yorkshire being the least of their troubles.