The year is 1919 and the seven members of the Watkins family are finally enjoying a summer of peace, but everything is about to change. Plunged in to poverty by two unexpected events the family are forced to leave their village in Lancashire and head to London in search of work. On arrival in London with little funds and nowhere to go, they meet by chance the famous and charismatic society photographer, Patrick Lawrence. He offers them accommodation and employment, but is he everything they think him to be. Before long unimaginable secrets are exposed, putting the family at odds with one another and causing almost irreparable damage.
