Set in Australia against the social change of the 1950s, it stars Marta Dusseldorp (Jack Irish) as nurse Sarah Adams, who has returned home after 20 years in Europe and the horrors of WWII.
A young woman is unable to see or hear her mother despite living with her in the same house. With the help of an eccentric psychiatrist, she learns to grow up and take control of her future despite not being able to see what's in front of her.