Valentina's mother had always made it clear to her that her brother Michael was the favourite child So when the opportunity comes for Valentina to leave South Wales behind & head to London she grasps it with both hands Living in the midst of the music scene changes her attitude & growing in confidence & experience Valentina attempts to move out from the shadow of her friend Phil & his dream of being a star But 70s London is still thoroughly a man's world & with her new-found success it is Phil who becomes resentful & dangerously so With new friends & big ambitions Valentina learns to stand on her own & make for herself the life of which she dreams