It's business as usual in the sleepy Irish town of Lissbeg but as local librarian Hanna Casey gathers material for an exhibition on Ireland's struggle for independence secrets revealed in her great-aunt's diary expose her own family history of love dishonour and revenge. Meanwhile newly-wed Aideen has just had her first baby and becomes convinced that she needs to find her own dad whom she's never known. But is she really prepared for the consequences? Hanna and Aideen each face decisions and it soon becomes clear that when old wounds are opened and forgotten memories disturbed history is never just about the past. Will they discover that finding happiness is all about living in the present?