Beulah Kingston, in her late sixties, is still almost as tall, black-haired and headstrong as on her wedding day in 1944. Born a Poleite (motto: no drinking, no dancing, no doctors) Beulah's zest for life has tested a simple faith and the King James Bible to the limit. Now, as she faces the prospect of hospital and an X-Ray for the first time, she finds herself compelled to examine the true passion of her youth, which duty and a busy life have almost buried.
