The Fruit Woman has appeared to Helen - a quirky and naïve twenty-seven-year-old - at important times in her life, particularly in relation to her own sexual and spiritual awakening. In the context of the family holiday, where games of cards, scatological worries, and deep discussions abound, the story centres on Helen's anxieties over the second week's 'guest list'. She's not seen her old schoolfriend, Bella for years, she’s attracted to Bella’s brother in spite of his religious beliefs, and she thinks it a bad idea for her mother to have invited Les, who was originally accused of a rape in the town several years before. Helen's concerns trigger off all sorts of childhood and adolescent memories, but as her anxieties mount, can she make sense at last of what happened years before?