Nakon što je njezin bivši muž počinio samoubojstvo, Harper odlazi sama u prekrasno englesko selo kako bi se oporavila. Iako na prvi pogled izgleda idilično, to mjesto joj je čudno od samog početka. Ubrzo, netko ili nešto ju počne uhoditi. Ono što počinje kao tinjajući strah postaje prava noćna mora, puna njezinih najmračnijih sjećanja i strahova.

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.