Trish longs to be like Grace, already a woman, black and confident. But Grace treats her like a child, teasing her - when she isn't ignoring her. Then Grace asks Trish to visit her home for the Christmas holidays and it seems as if her dreams of being 'best friends' with Grace are about tocome true at last. But there are painful dicoveries in store for Trish that will shake her new-found optimism - and there is danger threatening too. Events build to a climax that will change Trish's life for ever.