Summary

When Julia breaks off her engagment to boringly safe Oscar, she decides to go for a complete change of life, as cook on a narrow boat.

When Julia breaks off her engagment to boringly safe Oscar, she decides to go for a complete change of life, as cook on a narrow boat. But even afloat, Julia's past catches up with her and she must contend with not only Oscar and his awful mother but also the arrival of the enigmatic Fergus.