'When Julie Westaway came to her last day at Roselinden orphanage, she had no idea what lay ahead; and when she found herself working in the home of well-to-do Mrs Loch, the scene was set for a series of unexpected happenings which concerned the daughter, Marguerite, so different in outlook from her mother, a long-lost relative, a red-headed young minister with a battered old car, and other interesting characters. The book has an Australian setting, but a universal appeal; the "characters are beautifully drawn", says one of the judges who awarded this book first prize in a 1957 book competition.' (Dust jacket).
