Previous cover edition for ISBN 1500510556 / 9781500510558 For alternate cover edition go here It’s Christmas 1975. Sixteen-year-old, Kate McGuire peers out of the window to a snow covered Sunningdale Terrace wondering if this is the year her father will return. Left alone to care for her vengeful mother and wayward younger sister, Kate decides these are burdens she cannot share with anyone else and vows to keep them within what remains of her family. When Jack Daly returns home from the army he takes Kate under his wing and introduces her to a family life of warmth, laughter and unconditional love. Will a devastating secret finally destroy the family Kate endeavours to save? A Dish of Stones is an enthralling, heart warming and inspirational story of love and friendship set against a background of glam rock and retro fashion.