There are many events that have led Candice White Ardlay from America to the UK where he lives today. Nowadays, Candy is reluctant to rethink the entertaining correspondence with friends and acquaintances met in a lifetime, from childhood to the welcoming Pony House to the adoption by the wealthy Ardlay family, from the school year spent in the strict Saint Paul went on studying to become a nurse.
Her heart is shaking with her, thinking of her beloved Anthony, who had created for her the sweet Candy Rose, the troubled relationship with the dark Terence, the indissoluble bond with the ineffable Albert, the unconditional friendship of Stair, Archie, Annie and Patty.
Not to mention the eccentric benefactor William, who adopted it without ever seeing, and the mysterious Prince of the Hill, who convinced her as a child to face life with a smile on her lips. Letter after letter comes form the great mosaic of Candy's life, full of unexpected, joy and drama, from the early twentieth century until the advent of the Great War: a pursuit of the happiness Candy has always pursued through hope and determination, Without ever surrendering.