Tenderly written novel addressing the terrible legacy of domestic abuse and how one family's grief enabled them to overcome it. As Sophie's son's first birthday draws near, her teenage daughter Katie distances herself further from her every day. Distressing memories threaten to destroy their relationship forever and Simon, their loving husband and father, can only look on in despair. Grief's shadow threatens to overwhelm them all but could yet be the doorway to their healing as Sophie is forced to confront her past and the abuse she witnessed as a child. But what will she find at therapy's end? This dramatic story gently addresses the trauma of domestic abuse and the pain of losing a child.