"I'm going to need ill-meaning potions, big, ill-meaning potions."
Ocean Raymond had not known love or loss until she risked loosing her intuitive daughter Virginia Parker.
Her carefree life is shattered when her learns that arrogant men plan to squash Virginia and she knows she has to stop them or her heart will die.
At 15, the nurse from West Boggins is both admirable and witty. But will it be enough to protect Virginia?
She goes to a bar mitzvah in Falmouth where she acquires some ill-meaning potions and wigs. It finally seems that she will be able to stop the men that want to squash Virginia.
However, the end of the world approaches, and time is running out for Ocean. She is left with two options: stop the arrogant men in one hour, or allow the world to end in a ball of fire.
Thehway delivers a brave and poignant story that explores the love between a nurse and her daughter.