'I often feel like doing that myself, running away, I mean .. Sometimes it all gets too much.' .. 'But you have everything !' .. The words erupted out of him, loud and passionate .. 'It's all there under your nose, Hannah Sutherland, only you can't see it for looking !' .. Johnny Lonely's outburst takes Hannah by surprise .. The shabby recluse is usually too nervous to speak at all, except to the children of Kinvara, who are unperturbed by his scruffy clothes and eccentric habits .. And Hannah certainly doesn't feel blessed, with her husband Rob away on another tour of duty at the Kinvara lighthouse, and their son Andy suffering from cerebral palsy .. She's the one who must cope with everything at home - with her own unwanted pregnancy, even with Rob's illegitimate daughter,Vaila, whose mother, Morna Jean, had died so tragically young .. Morna had been Rob's great love and Hannah sometimes feels she will always be second best .. But the warm and friendly community of Kinvara is beginning to take the shy young woman to its collective heart; her rage at poor Andy's disability is beginning to soften into love and pity; perhaps Hannah Sutherland can become a good Kinvara wife after all .. Christine Marion Fraser first introduced this lively Scottish community in her novel Kinvara, and her many fans will be thrilled to reacquaint themselves with old Kinvara friends and make many new ones, like the ever-multiplying Law family ( nicknamed the Outlaws ) and splendid 'Henderson Hens' - two sisters whose eccentricities are a continual source of curiosity to their neighbours .