Adam and Amelia venture from London to the Scottish Highlands to try and fix their marriage. Every year, Adam gets written a secret letter from his wife, and they exchange traditional gifts.
Faye rediscovers her childhood spacehopper box and stands in it to protect her feet from broken glass in the attic. Then she is transported into the 1970's, and she is able to talk to her mother.
2019 London is full to the brim with relationship problems and a whale. People are secretly gay and complicated secrets plus pregnancy equals disaster.
1990's Naples is home to Giovanna, where she hears her Dad call her ugly - comparing her to a mystery family member that has been shunned out of the family. This intrigues her, so she hunts her down and finds her Aunt Vittoria, learning about her life and adopting her mantras to cope with new issues that have popped up in her life. She learns that her Father is a liar, the marriage is failing, and nobody is as the seem on the surface.
In Prospera, death and aging does not exist. People live in luxury, living to over 100. When they have reached the end of their lifespan, they sail over to the nursery. This is where they are reprogrammed and reset to 16 - then rereleased to Prospera. People have no previous memories of their lives, and this recycling process is kept for the elite. Rebellion is brewing in the Annex, as they are kept in subpar conditions, and they have had enough.
