When Iris Chisholm arrives in the tiny Highland community of Green Cairns, shes still in a state of shock ndash; not so much from her husbands untimely death as from the discovery that hed gambled away all their money and even their home. In addressing the problems of the children at the school where she becomes the only teacher, Iris finds distraction from her worries. Further distractions come in the shape of golden-tongued lawyer Michael and the gentle handyman, Chas. The locals are deliciously outraged at the scandal of a school marm who seems to have a sex life, while so embroiled is Iris that she does not notice what is happening to her own near-adult children ndash; who need her just as much as the waifs of Green Cairns...