Vivienne, Cathy, Heather and Grace have moved from their small country town of Wilgawa and are renting a house with their mother in the city. But it's wintertime, and city life isn't quite what they expected. Instead, money is short with Dad away looking for work, there are new schools to adjust to, new friends - and enemies! - to be made, not to mention mean-spirited Aunt Elsie and her meddlesome ways.
Vivienne, Cathy, Heather and Grace have moved from their small country town of Wilgawa and are renting a house with their mother in the city. But it's wintertime, and city life isn't quite what they expected. Instead, money is short with Dad away looking for work, there are new schools to adjust to, new friends - and enemies! - to be made, not to mention mean-spirited Aunt Elsie and her meddlesome ways.