Prague. It's l942, and all Jews are being summoned to the Death
Camps.
Ernst's wife dies in childbirth, and he escapes to London with his
two-year old daughter Sophie. Grieving and guilt ridden he believes the
pain of their loss can only be dealt with by remaining silent about
their past. A decision that determines Sophie's future.
Sophie, motherless with an over-protective father, grows up to be
submissive and lacking confidence. Friendless at University she meets
Mark, a man quite unlike her father, falls pregnant, marries and after
childbirth suffers a puerperal depression. She is befriended by Angelica
and Emma who have both also given birth to boys. The three young
mothers, each providing something lacking in the other, become firm
friends.
Twenty years pass; Sophie is bereft when Angelica dies. She goes with
her father to Prague and is devastated to learn why he would never speak
of the past. Back home Mark is having an affair. Sophie sees everybody
she loves: Her husband, her children, her father and her friends - all
sensitive to her vulnerability have tried in their silences to protect
her. Now, knowing her past, she is more able to face the future.
