When Clara OToole and her grandmother, Bernie, attend a meeting held by a medium, they hope to be able to get in touch with Claras father, who was killed at the Front. Whilst they remain doubtful about the existence of a spirit world, the experience does inspire Bernie to trace her one surviving child - Gertie. Claras search for her missing aunt brings her into contact with a whole new extended family. She is over the moon to find she has a cousin, but is she ready to be drawn into the tragedies and secrets of familys past?