Deirdre first meets the boy on a crisp autumn morning when the golden leaves gild the glen. He is small and fearful and remembers nothing of the life he has left behind. From that moment their lives are destined to intertwine. But when the boy's lost past begins to threaten his future and Deirdre's mother begins arranging her marriage, both lives will change forever. The adult world is about to take them to places they never could have imagined . . .
