Alma Bennett was widowed at 35 years old, and finds herself unexpectedly thrown into public life after the publication of her late husband's biography and the nature of its release causes rumours to circulate. She decides that she will publish her own memoir, detailing her early childhood to the present, in the aftermath of the Great War. She explores all angles of womanhood not commonly discussed in polite society, and how they shaped her as a human being, and does not distance herself from these aspects of her life, but puts herself at the centre and views them from the outside, encouraging herself and others to examine and question the societal conditions that are often taken for granted. She wanted to be heard from her own voice, not solely someone else's, as loss and life changes force her to rebuild the foundation of her life. Misconceptions and accusations and confronted head-on, and those who have had the same experiences in life can find comfort in her words. Those who have not can find understanding.
