The expression 'Plucking the Moon from the Bottom of the Sea' comes from the game of mahjong, and means winning against tremendous odds and when you least expect it. After a series of lacklustre romances, Audrey Pearce accepts a lift to a dance and meets the charismatic Jimmy Winter. Soon she goes from being a typist in a dull Bristol office to life as a memsahib in British India with a staff of fourteen servants. The true story of Audrey and Jimmy takes place against the lush tea-gardens of Assam, the dangerous North-West Frontier, the battle-fields of war-torn Europe and the U-boat infested waters of the Atlantic. But at its heart is a simple tale of life-long love and devotion, the warm, moving and often funny account of an ordinary girl who discovers she is really quite remarkable after all.