Anna has always been more like a friend to Lou than a mother. Perhaps that's because they've moved around so much. Every time Lou makes a friend, they're off again, sometimes like thieves in the night, to start afresh. And each time they move, Anna promises Lou that this is the last time, that they'll finally settle down. When they move to London, it looks as though they might finally manage it. Anna has a new job as a project worker at a battered women's hostel and she's great at it, it's as though she were born to do it. They have a nicer home than they've ever had and it looks as though the Lewis family will finally put down some roots.