Engeland 31st August 1939, the world is on the brink of war. As Hitler prepares to invade Poland, thousands of children are evacuated from London to escape the inpending Blitz. Torn from her Mother the eight-year old Anna Sands is relocated with other children to a large Yorkshire estate which has been opened up to evacuees boy Thomas and Elizabeth Ashton, an enigmatic childless couple. Son Anna drawn into their unraveling relationship, seingevers things that are not meant for her eyes - and finding herself part-witness and part-accomplice to a love affair, with unforeseen consequences.
