One day while Primrose's Dad was on his daily hunting trip in the harbor, a bad storm rolled in, and he didn't come back home at his usual time. Her mother, in desperation to rescue her father, set out in a rowboat to find the fishing boat in the midst of the storm. That is the day Primrose lost both of her parents, or at least that's what everyone else believes. Primrose has a gut feeling, deep down inside, that her parents are still alive somewhere. She believes they must have washed up on a nearby island and just haven't been found yet.
Meanwhile, after a month of babysitting fees had been drained from her parents' estate, she was placed in her only known relatives' home. This relative was named Uncle Jack. Uncle Jack is a single Navy man with no experience in raising children. Primrose is ok with the placement because she feels like her parents will be home any day now. One of her favorite places to go while at Uncle Jack's is a restaurant called The Girl in the Swing, a place that serves all of their food on a waffle. The end of each chapter features a short recipe for items mentioned throughout the story. 150 pgs, pb. ~ Brianna