This thoughtful and inventive novel is about a woman who has everything except peace of mind. It traces how she chooses many friends to give her courage and hope to overcome her fear on a road to find peace; two in particular influence her; one is a modern history university lecturer, the other a slightly rebellious but romantic South African. Step by step she finds a way forward on a path, which leads her to South Africa and to the eventual resolution of her problem.At heart this is a romance tinged with sadness: a story of two people searching for and briefly finding love and happiness.