Lucy Nolan is the golden girl The only daughter of local grocers, she grows up in an environment of love and security When hard work results in her being made the junior partner of a successful garden centre, her happiness is almost complete - if only Jack Hanson would propose to her When eventually he does, Lucy is prepared to give up almost everything - even if it means leaving her parents to live abroad But then, almost on the eve of the marriage itself, tragedy strikes and Lucy is forced to realise that Fate, which has been so kind to her, can also be just as cruel