Precious Time

In order to spend more time with her four-year-old son, Clara Costello trades in her secure, well-paid job and two-seater sports car for a camper-van called Winnie, and sets off with Ned in search of adventure. Of course, her friends and family think she's gone mad.

But when they arrive in Deaconsbridge in the Peak District, Clara and Ned become drawn into the lives of the locals. In particular, there's Gabriel Liberty, a cranky widower who seems determined to alienate what little family he has, and Archie Merryman, a local dealer in second-hand furniture, who has family troubles of his own.

Then Clara finds herself having to confront a dilemma much closer to home, and one she had hoped she would never have to face . . .