By Peter Roberts.

Anna Cassidy was one of the most promising Irish flautists of her generation, winning every competition she entered as a junior. Twenty years later - with a grown-up son, a broken marriage and mild agoraphobia to cope with - a chance meeting with an old friend prompts her to pick up her flute again. To her amazement, she still has the gift and bit by bit she gains the confidence to enter local competitions as an old rivalry is resumed. But will she have to courage to fly to Ireland for the Grand Final?