This book continues the story of Hannah Hauxwell who has been the subject of three TV documentaries by Barry Cockcroft. These documentaries, along with her previous book Seasons of My Life, have chronicled her struggle to survive on a pitifully small income, in a desolate corner of the Pennines with no electricity and no running water. This book continues her story and tells of the wrench involved in moving from Low Birk Hatt Farm to Cotherstone, where she begins a new life and learns to adapt to such luxuries as the telephone and water on tap.