You're a young woman. You can choose which career to pursue. Who to marry and have children - or not - with. This is now. Step into the shoes of Olive. You're a happy, open-hearted girl growing up in the 1950s. Your passion for books gets you easily into university, where the world is surely waiting for you. But then you make a mistake - and face an impossible choice. A shattering coming-of-age story.