Childhood friends Laurie & Rachel used to be inseparable
- but their lives have taken very different paths since they picked up their A-level results together. Now thirty-five they have all but fallen out of touch; glamorous single girl Laurie is based in London & dedicated to her career in fashion; Rachel seemingly living the family idyll in Yorkshire. But when Rachels mother-in-law needs urgent treatment in London & disasters at work & in her love life mean Laurie needs to flee a house swap falls into place. Soon gentle Rachel is far from the village bake sales braving the citys mean streets while trying to keep her marriage & family together; while Laurie attempts to work an Aga befriend the wary village locals
- & forget the man who seems intent on breaking her heart. Will their relationships survive this test? & will they make it home for Christmas?