Jill is a single mother with a sixteen year old daughter, Bianca rebelling against their ramshackle way of life on the edge of Orange, a country town. When Jill's boyfriend Sean has a minor stroke, he recovers with a new zeal for God. Jill nurses him but can't relate to his new persona, and she falls in love with his brother Michael. Michael's guilt drives him to a remote farm where he befriends Craig, who is missing the boy he met and fell in love with... and finally Bianca decides to leave home.