Valerie has broken up with the love of her life. She begins a new existence of having to adapt to a single life and is not coping well. To help ease the pain, she has a string of one-night stands, indulges in drugs and self-mutilation.
When Kevin's daughter continually goes missing up the back of their Scottish farm, he builds a road to make life easier. Yet when deceased family members begin arriving in their cars for a visit, everything changes.
Desperate for independence, mother, Helena secretly applies to university, uncertain of the response she will get from her conservative family. Her goal is sidetracked when she learns that her son is hiding a terrible secret.
