A warm, evocative tale of family bonds and secrets - 1914: Lady Beaufort doesnt want another child. But her husband Aubrey has always dreamed of a daughter. In contrast, Harold and Copper Varney are expecting their first child and are over the moon about it. Their children, Victoria and Leila, meet, and the two girls share a special friendship as well as a birthday; but before long both families start to fear something is wrong . . .