Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

We’re in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. “Mr. Tom” Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems. William

Sherlock Holmes’ problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.