Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the cornish cliffs. Here, in the dizzying heat of August 1939, five cousins have gathered at Their Aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. F...Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the cornish cliffs. Here, in the dizzying heat of August 1939, five cousins have gathered at Their Aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. For most of them it is the last summer of their youth, with the heady exhilarations and freedoms of lost innocence, as well as the fears of the coming war.