Doune

<p>On being told by his doctor that he may have a terminal illness Luke Garland decides to go back to his mother’s village for perhaps the very last time where he spent very many happy days with his maternal relatives as a child away from the cold and anonymous face of London. Back to the days of innocence security freedom great joy and family-bonding and to a place where he felt love acceptance patriotism empathy and a connection with the simplicity of village life. Back to the memories both bad and good where he goes to find himself yet instead finds great solace—the solace of accepting the life that he has led.</p>