Four very diverse women, all seeking revitalization from the dreary February rains of 1920s London, rent the small medieval castle of San Salvatore, nestled high above the bay of Portofino, Italy. Arriving at San Salvatore, they find ...

Indoors are her duties. There, too, is The Man of Wrath, her upright Teutonic husband. But outdoors, Elizabeth can escape her domestic routine to read books, play with her three babies, and garden to her hearts content.