When Patrick Grant meet Ella, he seizes the opportunity of a new life with her. He imagines his future with his beautiful second wife by his side: the years ahead brimming with all that is bright and promising.

But his eldest daughter, Rebecca, has never forgiven Patrick for his past callous treatment of her mother. She resents what she sees as his selfishness, his charming manipulation of others. Rebecca understands that her father has always been a man accustomed to getting what he wanted.

When Ella gives birth to Daniel, Patrick’s happiness is complete. A son at last. Patrick adores Daniel: a golden child, talented, artistic, loving.

And then tragedy strikes. When Daniel is fourteen, he kills himself. His death shatters his parents’ world and has a powerful impact on the lives of others. Patrick is forced to re-evaluate his life, his role as husband and father, all his previous assumptions about family. Together with Ella, he is forced to embark on a voyage of discovery. He must confront uncomfortable truths about himself, about the privileged world he and Ella both inhabit and above all, about his son and what drove him to cut short his young life.

This is the story of a family torn apart by conflict, suspicion and loss. It is also a story, ultimately, of redemption and forgiveness – and the strength of severely-tested family bonds.