Scatterings is a novella following one day in the life of Lucy as she visits a small seaside town, Hexbury-on-Sea with her Mother and Father in the South West of England. With the family strained by the miscarriage suffered by her Mother five years earlier, Lucy is hopeful that the holiday can bring her family closer again. Scatterings explores the characters she meets in that town by the sea as she attempts to forge stronger family ties with her Mother.