Laurance, annesi ve babasıyla küçük ve yalıtılmış bir köyde yaşayan, son derece mutlu, küçük bir erkek çocuğudur.Neredeyse dışarıdan tamamen soyutlanmış, ailesinin sevgisiyle sarmalanmış bir halde başlar hayata.Büyüdükçe etrafındaki bazı gariplikler dikkatini çeker. Ne anne tarafından ne de baba tarafından, neredeyse hiçbir akrabasını tanımamaktadır, yaşadıkları küçük köyde, ailesine karşı nedenini bir türlü çözemediği garip bir yabancılık vardır, bir türlü hayal ettiği arkadaşlıkları kuramamaktadır.Bu kapalı ve mutlu hayat, ne yazık ki çok uzun sürmez, çok sevilen baba Connor, veremden ölür. Laurence'i ve annesini zor günler beklemektedir.
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Born in Cardross, Scotland, A J Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931 he published his first book, Hatter's Castle, which was compared with the work of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Other books by AJ Cronin include: The Citadel, Three Loves, The Green Years, Beyond This Place, The Keys of the Kingdom.
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