Sian Thomas reads from Bethan Roberts's novel set in the summer of 1936, abridged by Elizabeth Burke. Kitty, a young woman with very little domestic experience, applies for her first job as cook at Willow Cottage. The bohemian household consists of Ellen, a wealthy patron of the arts, her 11-year-old daughter Geenie and Ellen's lover George Crane, a poet who is writing a great novel.