The Women Behind the Door

At sixty-six, Paula Spencer - mother, grandmother, widow, survivor - is finally living her life. Despite its ghosts, she has started to push her past aside. That is until her eldest, Nicola, turns upon her doorstep. Independent, a loving wife and mother - a 'success' - Nicola is suddenly determined to leave it all behind. Over the next few days, as Nicola confides in Paula the secret that unleashed this moment of crisis, they find themselves embracing the bruised but beautiful symmetry of what each means to the other.