Tabitha Thomas gave up on a happy family life with Michael her absent high-flying husband long ago. Instead she pooled all her energies into their daughter Rosie and her career as headteacher at a local primary school.However trouble is looming all around her. Unbeknown to Tabitha Rosie is having a crisis of confidence with the most important exams of her life and best friend Clodagh a top TV news broadcaster is being edged out by an ambitious younger model. And Tabitha’s eco-warrior mother is protesting outside the school over a development.But a decision Tabitha made a long time ago which changed the entire course of her life resurfaces when a new teacher at the school turns out to be her first love.