Sorting through her father's papers after his death, Gina Porter discovers a secret in his past. Though her two daughters make many demands of her, expecting her to babysit their children at a moment's notice, she is determined to travel to England and investigate. Anyway, it's time she did something more exciting in her life. Peggy Wilkes wakes up every day to verbal abuse from her bullying husband. But she too has decided that the time has come to make a new start. As these two women embark on their personal voyages of self-discovery, they meet new people and forge bonds which will reinforce for both of them the value of family connections...