The main action centres on a herring and Hilda's refusal to eat it one Friday evening simply because she doesn't fancy it.   Rafe orders his wife to serve the herring up at every meal until Hilda has eaten it. Finally, both Rafe and Hilda, unknown to each other, decide to give in over the herring. But when the cover is taken off Hilda's plate there is no sign of the herring.  This saga of the Crompton family's struggle to wrest power from their bible-thumping father is a gently humorous portrayal of a family caught up in the demands made upon them by a changing society.




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