1942, the community of Pontypridd suffers a GI invasion. The South Carolina Regiment billeted in the town cuts a swathe through its women, living up to the GI's reputation as "over-paid, over-sexed and over here". For Bethan, whose husband is a POW in Germany, and Alma, whose husband is missing, the Americans bring new and dangerous friendships. For Jenny, a bitter young war widow, the chance to bury grief in a series of one-night stands. The women...