Maria knows she will soon die. More than anything she longs to ask Kathleen for forgiveness, but she has no idea where her daughter has been for the past thirty years. With nothing left to lose, she confesses to her son Darius, that sent his fourteen-year-old sister to a Magdalene laundry in Ireland and begs him to find her. Haunted by his own childhood abuse, Darius can't seem to hold onto the good relationships in his life; now, on top of the disturbing revelation about his long lost sister, he faces the wreckage of his marriage and estrangement from his gay son. When his attempts to find his sister keep proving fruitless, he decides to distract himself with online dating...and discovers a prime candidate in Faye. A widow and mother of three, Faye is still recovering from an abusive marriage that destroyed her confidence. Although she doesn't initially find Darius attractive, she enjoys spending time with him and empathises with his sister's plight. Darius and Faye travel to Ireland, Dubai, Rome and Austria in search of Kathleen. They move in together but the dynamics with Faye's three children become fraught. Darius makes a failed attempt on his life. After the relationship breaks down Darius tracks Kathleen down through a TV interview but Kathleen has moved on and although she contacts him she does not want to revisit her past. The book tackles the question of whether abuse survivors can heal and move on...or whether they remain broken victims of their past.