"There are two ways of looking at what we're doing," Niall said, peering through the candlelight at the box loads of belongings all over the floor. "Essentials for simple living" was what they had all agreed to bring. It didn't look like it. "Either we've lost the plot, or everyone else has."
When four close-knit friends miss their train, escaping Britain's worst rail crash for sixty years, they are confronted with their own mortality. Juggling city jobs, marriages and children is suddenly not enough. An idyllic but ramshackle manor in Cornwall beckons and they decamp that summer to the country on a quest for the perfect life.
As the renovation of the house begins, a closely-guarded secret threatens to be uncovered. The bricks and mortar of the group's long friendship start to crumble. It soon becomes clear that fresh starts have little to do with geography, and the four of them are left with a stark choice: should they chase their children's dreams or wake up to reality?
