England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up on the beautiful estate of the Marquess and Marchioness of Penselwood. The beekeepers daughter, she knows her place and what the future holdsthat is until her father dies. Her childhood friend Freddie has recently become her lover, and she is thankful when they are able to marry and take over her fathers duties. But there is another man who she just cant shake from her thoughts Massachusetts, 1973: Graces daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable young man. Jasper Duncliffe is wild and romantic, and in a band that might hit it big. But when his brother dies and he is called home to England, Jasper promises to come back for Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Grace thinks that Trixie is surely abandoned and tries to support her daughter, but Trixie brushes off her mothers advice and comfort. She is confident that Jaspers love for her was real...