Turn Left at the Sunflowers tells the story of a close-knit family and the strengths they discover as they learn to cope with an unexpected tragedy. The book explores death hope love romance and betrayal against the glorious background of rural Gascony. Little Emily is a constant source of joy and her grandparents have been blissfully married for 36 years. But despite these shining examples happiness seems to constantly elude the younger members of the family. Finally just as they manage to put most of their troubled affairs in order they discover that nothing can be taken for granted.