Winifred Weatherall was born on the same day as Princess Elizabeth, and is enamoured with all things royal. She's always believed her life would follow the same path as the princess's-love, marriage and a happily-ever-after.
Winnie lives with her parents and sister in the quiet country town of Yarralinga, South Australia, where she teaches school and waits for her own story to begin. She follows the princess's life through radio broadcasts, The Advertiser paper and The Australian Women's Weekly magazine, hoarding clippings into scrapbooks.
As the years go by, she watches friends fall in love, marry and move on. Still, she holds on to the hope that it's never too late for something wonderful to happen.
When Piotr, a Polish refugee with pale blue eyes, enters her life, it seems her dreams might finally come true. Perhaps her journey into marriage will indeed mirror the Princess Elizabeth's. But on the day of her long-awaited wedding, a storm arrives-and with it, a devastating surprise.
The Weddings of Winifred Weatherall is a wholesome romance story of hope and loss, joy and grief, and finding grace in the moments when dreams fall apart. And even love. In the end.