The novel by the modern English writer Rosie Thomas, very popular in her homeland and translated into many foreign languages, tells the story of three young girls - Oxford students.

This is the romantic Helen Brown from a modest family, who recently lost her father ; the red-haired beauty from the London advertising agency Chloe Campbell, the self-confident and beautiful Pansy Warren is the only daughter of a multimillionaire.

The girls move in together in Follies House, a strange old mansion. One year changes a lot in the lives of each of them...