Alexandra has hidden from love all her life. She has watched from the sidelines as love has come and gone for her friends. Then Kate comes back into her life, her best friend from university days, bringing with her the unsettling memories of Alexandra's brief love affair in London. Her unfulfilled longings come back to haunt her as she and Kate begin to face the lies and secrets that will ultimately stretch their friendship to breaking point. A study of family, friendship and the migrant experience in Australia.