When Ginny became pregnant as an undergraduate, she never regretted her decision to leave university and raise her daughter as a single mum. Now, though, with nineteen-year-old Marie off travelling in her gap year, a blast from the past brings news that threatens to throw her life into disarray. And suddenly Ginny's sister, free-spirited Charlotte, returns from abroad, bringing with her a surprise of her own. And both Ginny and Charlotte find their mother Jane's behaviour baffling. Surely a woman whose husband has left her for another woman should be displaying more emotion than she exhibits? Could it be that she's happier living alone? Everything seems to be falling apart... but maybe it's just falling into place.