Izyskannyy roman, v kotorom smeshivayutsya i perepletayutsya vremena deystviya, a leto, provedennoe sostoyatelnym semeystvom Remzi na ostrove Skay okazyvaetsya svoeobraznoy britanskoy «hronikoy utrachennogo vremeni», — hrupkogo, pochti idillicheskogo vremeni, obrechennomu na skoroe razrushenie Pervoy mirovoy voynoy. Vyrastut deti, — kto-to utseleet i povzrosleet, kto-to slozhit golovu na polyah srazheniy. Zabudutsya melkie neudachi i obidy. Budet zabroshen staryy dom, zarastet sad. No voplotitsya li v zhizn hot dlya kogo-to iz detey Remzi mechta o poezdke na dalekiy mayak?..
