This book is a continuation of stories in the life of Miss Kansas City Kitty - Doris Markham's Story.
As the book opens, Doris is married to her third husband, Martin Swinney, and has a ready-made family.
We join the family in 1949, when they move back to Doris's hometown of Jameson, Missouri, and her mother's farm.
Neither Marty nor his children have ever lived on a farm.
Marty's war injuries are still plaguing him, as he tries to support his family while going in and out of the hosp.