The liberated '60s have not reached the shores of New Zealand when Claire, a single pregnant girl is sent upcountry to have her child, which is to be adopted out.á The Sloane family are strangers whoá offer to board her through this time. But are they?

Claire's life is at a tangent. Aáthread of facts begin to unwind about herself and the family she is living with, including her growing friendship with a crusty old man who is Hazel Sloane's father and owner of the farm.

In this conservative rural area, the tranquility of the surface hides a darker background that goes back a generation to before Claire was born. She becomes the catalystáin unravelling these secrets.