Successful lady novelist Laura Morland & her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Lauras wealthy friend & neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever practical Laura rescue George from Miss Greys clutches & whats more help his daughter Miss Sibyl Knox to secure her longed-for engagement? Utterly charming & very funny High Rising is irresistible comic entertainment.