Its over a year since her last diary & Laura Brown is now in her first year of university in London a city still struggling to pull itself together in the new rationing era. Lauras right in the heart of it; her band the dirty angels are gigging all over town until a police crackdown on rioting students forces them out of the city. After a brief exile on her parents farm the angels set off in a battered VW bus on a tour of Europe with the fabulous Tiny Chainsaws in the Distance. The tour soon unravels however in an increasingly dramatic sequence of events that include drought in Europe & Africa a tidal-wave of desperate immigrants a water war in the Middle East & a city-wide face off with the army in London. Not to mention infidelity betrayal friendship love & massive courage. How long can Laura distance herself from the struggle? & more importantly how can she keep her style & hope alive in a world on the edge of madness?