Richard Lees

An unusual American family, on the run arrive to farm the land in England without success. They also fail to integrate. An english youth, an outsider himself, visits his aunt in the nearby village. Over a few days his life unravels and he finds himself alone in the woods, struggling to stay alive. In the crossfire of antagonism between the outreaching Americans and the insular English, his naivety moves from fear to hatred and then sympathy for the hillbilly cause. The animosity between locals and outsiders ignites. The church, MI5, the Sheriff's department, the media, village vigilantes, to name but a few, get hopelessly involved.

Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, and when she learns that she is terminally ill, she and her husband Teddy begin planning their joint suicide. She makes sure that her dolls are placed with people who will appreciate and cherish them. The couple refuse to allow their grief-stricken daughter or the solicitous social worker or anyone else to forestall the death they are determined is right for them

When James and Janet Marston find, after the birth of their second son, that they can have no more they decide to adopt. The result is a huge family of up to sixty children of all nationalities, races and creeds and some with physical and mental disabilities. Their happiness, however, is not to continue without problems...