Tells the story of Merry, who was traveling on the ship Lusitania to visit her father who is recovering from a war injury, and Alfie, who finds her on an uninhabited island after the ship sinks.
As a young boy, Michael is told not to stare at his grandfather, disfigured in World War II. When Michael spends summers with him in the Scilly Isles, he gets to know the man behind the scars.
Tells the story of Merry, who was traveling on the ship Lusitania to visit her father who is recovering from a war injury, and Alfie, who finds her on an uninhabited island after the ship sinks.