Maggie Carter, the young wife of a white Zimbabwean farmer struggles to come to terms with the horrific events that surround her estranged family as they remain in the country. The victim of a brutal attack months previously she attempts to find comfort in England, the country she was born in and has been pulled between. Slowly accepting her husband Peter back into her life problems mount as the couple are harassed by inefficient bureaucracy. As the situation develops, Peter finds himself going back to a scenario he thought he'd escaped...