Mother cannot take any more - so she takes herself off on a madcap jaunt to Marrakesh. Father, it seems, is incapable of running a home, so it is left to seventeen-year-old Viola to take charge
of the family. It is certainly no easy task to look after a grubby little brother or a younger sister who constantly asks about sex. To add to the chaos, Father invites the alluring Gloria to
come and 璽�畋�eep house' for the family. The sleepy village of Shepherd's Delight has never seen anything quite like Gloria, and Viola begins to feel that life is getting just a little out of
hand璽�玲�This amusing tale of an unorthodox situation is also a thoughtful and perceptive account of a young woman's coming of age.