In 1960s Bristol, Susans family was like any other with its joys and frustrations, making ends meet and fierce, working class loyalties. Then tragedy struck and left a legacy that was to last a lifetime. Susan was only nine when her mother was cruelly taken by Death. No one spoke of it, no one dared. And Susanbright, inquisitive and with an answer for everythingwas left frightened, baffled, and ready to fight back. A year later she was sent away to school. She didnt want to go and didnt understand why she had to. Why couldnt she stay at home with her brother and father? Why was everything going wrong in her life? In her struggle to cope with an uncertain worlda world where nothing seemed to make sense any moreshe ends up pushing away the one person she loves best, her father. And as they try to find a way back to each other, they are forced to learn one of the hardest lessons of allthat no matter how angry they are with one another, and confused by life, no one can hurt them as much as they can each other, or love them as much either.