A poignant family saga - Paula O'Brien wants to escape her family and start afresh, but she is scared of defying her abusive father. However, when she sees a newspaper advert for a live-in nanny her best friend Laura persuades her to apply. When Jeffrey Lawson, grieving for his beloved wife who died during childbirth, invites Paula to an interview, she doesn't realize it will change her life for ever . . .