Women lawyers are a rarity in the post-WWI era and Evelyn Gifford is a pioneer in that world as she juggles a murder trial, a child custody case, and her personal grief over the death of brother, James, on the Western Front. In the midst of this chaos a former nurse arrives on the doorstep with her brother’s 6 year old son. The mysterious young woman moves into Evelyn’s home and life upsetting the peace of the women who revere James’s memory . Evelyn solves domestic and professional problems. Katherine McMahon paints a picture of women in a time of transition from Victorian England into the 20th Century.
