Kathleen Dayus revisits her childhood and young adult life before marriage, bringing to life the people and places her readers have come to know from her earlier volumes of autobiography. Here are stories of her schooldays; the discovery of her mother's hiding place for money; Katie's first working experiences; sister Lisa's theft of money her mother is sending to the Front; experiences with boyfriends and dirty old men. All are told in the fresh and unsentimental prose for which Dayus is renowned.