This first book in The Mug Trilogy tells the story of Jersey-born Mug, a rape victim from a recently broken home. It covers her experiences as a sixteen year-old girl at the Isle of Wight Music Festival in 1970, the same year that she followed a guru. It follows her tumultuous years as an art student in Coventry where she lived with David, a fellow art student. Dramatic events follow on from the evening they meet, when Mug saves him from a very public suicide attempt.