Catriona McCuaig tells the story of the Morgan family in their Carmarthenshire mining village. The Second World War is ending, and while everyone else is delighted, Harry's wife, Ellen, is plagued by concerns about the future. The coming of peace will bring many changes, not all of them welcome.When her son-in-law is demobbed from the RAF, he will be taking her daughter, Mariah, away to start a new life with him. Their evacuees, known as the Swansea Six, will also be leaving, and Ellen frets over what will become of the young orphans she has come to love. How will she come to terms with these departures?