The war changed Joe Thornton so violently that Jenny is now afraid of her husband.
Widowed by it, vain, silly, Hazel is adrift in the world, with her props alcohol and her strong-minded daughter , Rowan.
Amelia's private war with her mother-in-law is still going on.
At the same time, their children have their own battles to fight.
With the help of charismatic Rebecca, the three women find their painful way through friendship and new loves to their own kind of peace.