In a claustrophobic household oppressed by her blind toad-like grandmother and a cowardly conventional father Yvette’s exuberance seems doomed to suppression. But meeting a gypsy awakens unfamiliar emotions in her making her challenge the family’s accepted morality. As she wavers between conformity and rebellion a flash flood threatens her home her world and her life. This short novel deals with all the major themes of sexuality and identity that made Lawrence one of the most original and influential writers of the 20th century; and it is a satirical atmospheric moving and surprising masterpiece.