When Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic. But the arrival of Phillip Wilson Steer for his annual painting visit launches a chain of events that will change their lives forever.
Isobel Heatherington
Philip Wilson Steer
Smithson
Mrs. Todd
Aunt Jude
Reginald Heatherington
Emma Heatherington
Mary
Sophie
Bella
Mrs. Pierce
Mrs. Rount
Rev. Rount
John
Colonel
Rogers
Lucy